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Burning Desire Adj 形容词   [Adj N Extremely Hot

英语单词 burning
英美音标 英 ['bɜːnɪŋ] 美 ['bɜːrnɪŋ]
中文释义 adj.燃烧的;热烈的;紧急的
n.燃烧
动词burn的现在分词.
英语例句 (1) Teachers are often compared to burning candles.
(2) Researchers found that women are overcome by a burning desire to share gossip as soon as they hear it.
(3) These days, crimes against humanities are burning issue.
(4) The farmers compressed straw into blocks for burning.
中文例句 (1) 人们总是把老师比喻为燃烧的蜡烛。
(2) 研究人员发现,女人被一听到流言就迫不及待地想要分享的强烈欲望所征服。
(3) 近日,反人道主义的犯罪是一个热点话题。
(4) 农民们将干草压成块用来烧火。
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ 形容词]灼热的;炙热的 You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
  [ADV adj]
  • ...the burning desert of Central Asia.

    炙热的中亚沙漠

  • Burning is also an adverb.
    • He touched the boy's forehead. It was burning hot.

      他摸了摸男孩的额头,烧得烫手。

2
[ADJ 形容词]热烈的;热切的;强烈的 If you say that someone has burning eyes, you mean they look at you in an intense way or have bright eyes because of a strong feeling.
  [ADJ n]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • She glared at both of them with burning, reproachful eyes.

    她瞪着他们俩,目光中充满怒火和责备。

3
[ADJ 形容词](兴趣)浓厚的;(欲望)强烈的 If you have a burning interest in something or a burning desire to do something, you are extremely interested in it or want to do it very much.
  [ADJ n]
  • I had a burning ambition to become a journalist.

    我热切期盼成为一名记者。

  • She had a burning desire to wreak revenge.

    她复仇心切。

4
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]急迫的;重要的 A burning issue or question is a very important or urgent one that people feel very strongly about.
  [ADJ n]
  • The burning question in this year's debate over the federal budget is: whose taxes should be raised?

    今年联邦财政预算辩论中的一个重要问题就是:哪些人的纳税额应该提高?

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