Many of the things we desire are expensive. But the truth is, the things that really satisfy us are totally free – love, laughter and working on our passions.
我們想要的很多東西都非常昂貴。但事實是，真正適合我們的東西往往都是免費的--真愛，歡笑，和工作激情。
解析：
Many of the things we desire are expensive. 我們想要的很多東西都非常昂貴。
定語從句we desire修飾the things。
desire [dɪˈzaɪə(r)]
用法：
n. (名詞) 願望;慾望;渴望;情慾;肉慾;性慾;想望的人;渴望的事物
1、desire用作名詞的意思是「願望,慾望」,可指各種願望、慾望,包括好的和不好的; 可用作不可數名詞,也可用作可數名詞。desire引申還可作「渴望的人或事」解,常用於單數名詞。
I hope that you may have your heart's desire.
我希望你如願以償。
The desire to be a mother may creep up on you unexpectedly.
你會不知不覺地產生想當母親的渴望。
The sight of him entering a room could flood her with desire.
見到他進入房間會讓她心中慾望澎湃。
He was extremely devious in his efforts to achieve his heart's desire.
他在設法得到自己的中意之物時會不擇手段。
She is my heart's desire.（名詞：想望的人；渴望的事物 ）
她是我的心上人。
When she agreed to marry him he felt he had achieved his heart's desire .
當她答應嫁給他時，他感到終於得到了自己的心上人。（名詞：想望的人；渴望的事物 ）
2、desire後可接動詞不定式、「of+ v -ing」；「for+ n. 」作定語,或虛擬的that從句修飾。
She confessed to her parents her desire to act.
她向父母坦言了自己想演戲的願望。
I had a strong desire to help and care for people.
我非常渴望能夠幫助和照顧他人。
He has expressed a desire to see you.
他表示想見見你。
I have no desire to discuss the matter further.
我不想再談此事。
Failure only intensified my desire to succeed.
失敗反而使我增強了獲得成功的慾望。
I have a desire of making money.
我想要掙錢。
試比較：
她有一個強烈的願望,即到鄉下去看一看。
誤 She has a strong desire going to the country for a visit.
誤 She has a strong desire for going to the country for a visit.
正 She has a strong desire to go to the country for a visit.
正 She has a strong desire of going to the country for a visit.
注意：名詞desire如需用非謂語動詞作定語,須用動詞不定式或「of+ v -ing」,不可用「 v -ing」或「for+ v -ing」。
Everything she does is motivated only by a desire for money.
她所做的一切都是為了錢。
She felt a surge of love and desire for him.
她對他驟生愛意，慾火攻心。
They seem to have lost their desire for life.
他們似乎已喪失了對生活的熱望。
She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.
她感到想回家的願望難以遏制。
The two leaders spoke of their desire for improved relations.
兩位領袖談到了他們改善關係的願望。
My desire for knowledge prompted me to buy the encyclopedia.
求知慾使我買了這本百科全書。
They expressed their desires that the papers should be made public.
他們表示很希望這些文件能公之於世。
a strong desire for power
強烈的權力欲
desire作名詞時後一般接不定式，也有接of或for和動名詞，如a desire to go，a desire of/or going。前者比後者普遍；
desire for sth. 對某事的慾望
a desire for knowledge 對知識的渴望
3.表示「為了……的請求」時，常在desire前搭配at或by。
Mr Morgan called on Mr Marley at/by Mr Franklin's desire.
摩根先生為了富蘭克林先生的請求給馬利先生打了電話。
All human activity is prompted by desire.
所有人的行為都被慾望驅動著。
desire, craving, lust辨析
這三個詞均可表示「慾望」。其區別是：
desire可指各種慾望,包括好的和不好的; craving表示強烈的慾望,尤指被認為是不好的慾望,如:a craving for cigarettes抽煙的強烈慾望; lust語氣很強,通常用作貶義詞,如:the lust for power權欲。
v. (動詞) 渴望;期望;想望;被(某人)吸引;對(某人)產生性慾
1、desire的基本意思是「想要,期望」,指「人強烈地希望、願意或決心做某事或獲得某物」,有盡力爭取的意味,是及物動詞,可接名詞、代詞、動詞不定式或虛擬的that從句作賓語。
We all desire health and happiness.
我們都渴望健康和幸福。
The people desire peace, security and happiness.
人民嚮往和平、安全、幸福。
We all desire happiness and health.
我們都想得到幸福和健康。
We all desire your early reply.
我們都希望你儘早答覆。
Men who desire success must be prepared to work.
凡是想取得成功的人都得準備工作。
He still desired her.
他依然對她有慾望。
It never occurred to him that she might not desire him.
他從沒有想過她可能不想跟他上床。
He still desired her, and she did.
他仍能使她動情，她對他也是如此。
She had remarried and desired a child with her new husband
她又結婚了，並且渴望和新任丈夫生個小孩。
She had never desired to do anything like it.
她從不渴望做那樣的事情。
They greatly desired to come to China.
他們非常想到中國來。
I desire to make his acquaintance.
我很想認識他。
I desire to see your brother.
我想見你哥。
2、desire後接表示物的名詞作賓語時,後面可接被動詞不定式(主動式或被動式)或過去分詞作賓語補足語。
I desire the package insured.
我希望這個郵包上保險。
She desires everything finished by twelve.
她希望事情到12點時做完。
Please desire Mr. Li to come in.請李先生進來。
She desired him to wait.
她請求他等一下。
What do you desire me to do?你希望我怎麼辦?
They desired him to go there at once.
他們希望他馬上到那兒去。
3、desire是表示願望的動詞,通常不用於進行體。
4、desire作動詞時，後只可接不定式，不可接動名詞。
Fewer people desire to live in the north of the country.
想住在這個國家北方的人就更少了。
She had never desired to do anything like it.
她從不渴望做那樣的事情。
They greatly desired to come to China.
他們非常想到中國來。
I desire to make his acquaintance.
我很想認識他。
I desire to see your brother.
我想見你哥。
But Fred was bored and desired to go home
但弗雷德覺得很無聊，想要回家。
He desired to return to Mexico. 他渴望回墨西哥去。
5、desire作動詞且後面接表示人的詞和不定式時，指「請求」，有時有「願望，期望」的意思。但desire在表示「請求」時，比ask或request來的正式。
desire to do sth 想要做某事
desire sb to do sth 想要某人做某事。
I desire you to go at once.
我請求你現在馬上就走。
I desire you to succeed.
我希望你能成功。
6、desire後接that從句時，從句要用虛擬現在時。
I desire that he should call on me on Monday morning.
我要求他周一早晨給我打電話。
I desire that you shall be there.
我渴望你能在那兒。
She desires that it shall not be mentioned for the present.
她希望暫且不要再提及此事了。
He desires that we shall go there with him tomorrow.
他希望明天我們和他一起到那兒去。
The president desired that you (should) visit him next week.
總統希望你下星期去拜訪他。
Itis/was～ed+that-clause
It is desired that this rule shall be brought to the attention of the staff.
請把這條規定提請辦事人員注意。
desire, hope, want, wish，expect和long區別
這組詞都含有「想」「希望」的意思。其區別是：
（1）desire和hope多指可以達到的事; wish通常用於難以實現或達到的事, wish也可表示祈願。
（2）desire, wish和hope後均可接從句或不定式作賓語; wish和desire後接that從句一般用虛擬語氣; desire和wish後可接復合賓語; hope用作不及物動詞時常接of, for引起的短語。
（3）desire在語氣上比wish更強烈,更莊重,且很少用於口語。
（4）expect通常指有很大程度的把握，但仍含有預料之意，或預計某事或某行動的發生。 want一般指所想要的東西是切望得到的東西，能彌補實際需要。
（5）long語氣強，指極殷切地盼望著，這種盼望側重於很難或不可能得到的東西。有時也指一般願望，但含一定感情色彩。
二、But the truth is, the things that really satisfy us are totally free – love, laughter and working on our passions.
但事實是，真正適合我們的東西往往都是免費的--真愛，歡笑，和工作激情。
passion [ˈpæʃn] n.
強烈情感;激情;盛怒;激憤;強烈的愛(尤指兩性間的)
Passion kept us together.
激情使我們在一起。
He has developed a consuming passion for chess. （注意，後接for表示內容）
他對下棋產生了極為濃厚的興趣。
They consummated their passion only after many hesitations and delays.
他們幾經躊躇和拖延後才盡情宣洩了激情。
A passion for cooking does not necessarily have to be bad for your waistline.
熱衷於做菜並不一定會導致腰圍增粗。（注意，後接for表示內容）
He has a passion for gambling. （注意，後接for表示內容）
他非常愛賭博。
That girl stamps her foot when she is in a passion.
那女孩一發脾氣就跺腳。
The passion of Argentinian football fans knows no bounds.
阿根廷足球迷極為熱情。（注意，後接of ，表示所有關係）
He spoke with great passion.
他發表了熱情洋溢的講話。
Her childhood passion for collecting has not dimmed, but now she is morediscerning.
她孩提時培養起的對收藏的痴迷絲毫未減，現在只是變得更有眼力了。（注意，後接for表示內容）
He's a man of violent passions.
他是個性情暴烈的人。
a crime of passion
因情慾妒忌而造成的犯罪
She argued her case with considerable passion.
她相當激動地為自己的主張提出論據。
Passions were running high at the meeting.
會上群情沸騰。
She flies into a passion if anyone even mentions his name.
哪怕是有人提到他的名字，她也會勃然大怒。
She ceased to think, as anger transmuted into passion
當怒火轉化為激情，她停止了思考。
His love had been woven of sentiment rather than passion.
他的愛是以情感而不是以情慾為其經緯的。
Her desire was closer to passion than love.
她的慾望更近似於激情，而非愛情。
He returned to Britain so that he could indulge his passion for football
他重返英國，為的是可以盡情釋放自己對足球的激情。
Forty eight years of marriage have not dimmed the passion between Bill and Helen.
48年的婚姻生活並沒消磨掉比爾和海倫之間的激情。
The poet expressed his burning passion for the girl he loved. （注意，後接for表示內容）
詩人表達了他對心儀的姑娘火一般的愛戀之情。
His passion for her made him blind to everything else.
他鐘情於她，達到了不顧一切的地步。（注意，後接for表示內容）
The English have a passion for gardens.
英國人酷愛花園。（注意，後接for表示內容）
my passion for a dark-haired, slender boy named James.
我對一個名叫詹姆斯的黑頭髮高挑個兒男孩的熱戀（注意，後接for表示內容）
Her passion for me has cooled down.
她對我的熱情已經冷下來了。（注意，後接for表示內容）
My friend has a passion for British literature.
我的朋友酷愛英國文學。（注意，後接for表示內容）
She had a passion for gardening.
她酷愛園藝。（注意，後接for表示內容）
While his interest in these sports began to wane, a passion for rugby developed.
他對這些運動項目的興趣開始減退，倒是對橄欖球開始有了熱情。（注意，後接for表示內容）
Music is a passion with him.
他對音樂情有獨鍾。（注意，後接with ，表示所有關係）