欲念 meaning in English
drive; desire
Examples
- It spurred him on, made his attacks wilder .
这使他的欲念更加炽烈，使他的行为更加野蛮。 - Lust trailed itself through the rooms with leaden feet .
邪恶的欲念拖着沉重的脚步走过这几间屋子。 - Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts .
酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念，就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。 - The women were alien and primitive creatures with ugly desires she could not bear to think about .
这些妇女都是些奇形怪状的原始人，她们那些龌龊的欲念，她想也不忍去想。 - The desire-sober and repressed-of elizabeth-jane's heart was indeed to see, to hear, and to understand .
伊丽莎白-简斯内心里受着压抑而朴实的欲念，确是看得出、听得见，可以令人理解。