标题: Beauty and the lust for learning have yet to be allied [打印本页] 作者: x-ace 时间: 2009-11-21 14:52 标题: Beauty and the lust for learning have yet to be allied
Beauty and the lust for learning have yet to be allied. ----- Beerbohm
美丽和对知识的渴望应该成为一家。-----比尔博姆
lust means an overwhelming desire or craving:强烈的欲望或渴望。例如：a lust for power.对权力的渴望；a lust for life.对生活的渴望。lust常和for , of连用。
关于渴望，我们还可以说：thirst for/long for/yearn for。thrust for means an insistent desire; a craving:是指渴望一种持久的愿望；热望。a thirst for knowledge.求知欲。long for也表示渴望的意思。例如：People are longing for peace.人们渴望和平。We are longing to see you.我们渴望看见你。yearn for means to have a strong, often melancholy desire.指渴望怀有强烈、经常是忧愁的愿望。例如：They yearned for his return.他们盼望着他回来。
allied means joined or united in a close relationship，是指同盟的、联盟的、结成紧密关系的意思。例如：allied tribes.联合部落。
