craving

英 [ˈkreɪvɪŋ]

美 [ˈkreɪvɪŋ]

n.  强烈的愿望; 渴望; 热望
v.  渴望; 热望; 恳求; 请求
crave的现在分词

复数：cravings　现在分词：craving　

GRE医学

BNC.15783 / COCA.12347

牛津词典

noun

• 强烈的愿望；渴望；热望
  a strong desire for sth
  1. a craving for chocolate
     非常想吃巧克力
  2. a desperate craving to be loved
     对爱的极度渴望

柯林斯词典

• VERB 渴望;热望
  If youcravesomething, you want to have it very much.
  1. There may be certain times of day when smokers crave their cigarette...
     吸烟者可能会在一天中的某些时刻特别想吸烟。
  2. You may be craving for some fresh air.
     你可能很想呼吸呼吸新鲜空气。

英英释义

noun

• an intense desire for some particular thing

双语例句

• That's why I've been craving caffeine all day.
  那就是我为什么整天需要***的原因。
• Wei: I'm craving ice cream again.
  小薇：我又想吃冰淇淋了。
• The freedom which you are all craving is near.
  你们都渴望已久自由已经临近了。
• Lust, of course, involves a craving for sex.
  首先当然是欲望，包括对性的强烈渴求。
• Instead, itching and scratching engage brain areas involved not only in sensation, but also in mental processes that help explain why we love to scratch: motivation and reward, pleasure, craving and even addiction.
  与人们的期望相反，瘙痒和挠痒不仅与脑部感觉区有关，还涉及了某些心理过程，譬如：动机和奖赏、愉悦、渴求乃至成瘾等，这就从一定程度上解释了人们喜欢挠痒的原因。
• Anything to relieve his mental distress, to satisfy his craving for comfort.
  只要能解除他精神上的痛苦，满足他对舒适的渴求，什么事他都做得出。
• He felt a continual impulse and craving and greed, something like a serpent gnawing into his heart.
  他感觉到内心有一种永不休止的冲动、一种欲求和一种贪欲，这些情感像毒蛇噬咬着他的心的。
• Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
  吞吃或渴求大量食物。
• It is suggested that clozapine may be effective in the treatment of craving for heroin in heroin dependence.
  氯氮平对***依赖患者的心理渴求可能具有较好的疗效。
• When I suddenly got this craving for a sinfully delicious, outrageously fattening coffee beverage.
  然后我对这罪过的美味突然有了渴望，可恶的容易发胖的咖啡饮品。