craving for knowledge

1. ж. 2. ж. охот.

I жен.;
жен.
1) только ед. draught( в трубе и т.п.) в трубе нет тяги ≈ the chimney does not draw
2) только ед.;
тех. traction( тянущая сила) сила тяги конная тяга на конной тяге паровая тяга механическая тяга электрическая тяга эксцентриковая тяга
3) тех. (control-) rod (приспособление)
4) только ед. thirst( for), craving( for) ;
(влечение к) ;
propensity (to,for), bent (for), inclination (to, for) (склонность) ;
taste( for) (вкус) тяга к знаниям тяга к учебе тяга к чтению тяга на родину II жен.;
жен. (на охоте) roding, flight of woodcock in mating-season

I ж. II ж. охот.

ср. knowledge;
erudition;
мн. attainments, information;
reading (начитанность) углублять свои знания ≈ to extend one's knowledge высокий уровень знаний ≈ high standard of knowledge хорошее знание ≈ (чего-л.) intimate knowledge of со знанием дела ≈ with skill/competence, knowledgeably энциклопедические знания ≈ encyclopaedic knowledge ед. элементарные знания ≈ elements, rudiments( of knowledge) черпать знания ≈ to get knowledge фундаментальные знания ≈ thorough knowledge ед. умножать знания ≈ to increase/enrich one's knowledge тяга к знаниям ≈ thirst/craving for knowledge, hankering after knowledge твердые знания ≈ sound knowledge ед. пробелы в знаниях ≈ gaps in one's knowledge поверхностное знание ≈ superficial knowledge;
smattering запас знаний ≈ fund of knowledge жажда знаний ≈ thirst for knowledge глубокое знание ≈ thorough knowledge проверка знаний ≈ examination

m sgt (G głodu) 1. (łaknienie) hunger; (brak pożywienia) hunger, starvation 2. (pragnienie, potrzeba) craving C

adj. 1. (odczuwający pragnienie) thirsty 2. (żądny) craving (czegoś for sth); yearning (czegoś for sth)

thirst/craving for knowledge, hankering after knowledge

Ex: The craving for data to document the status and excellence of library service is very real.

Ex: The thirst grew not just for preservation but for circulation of stories that gave meaning to life and coherence to communities.

Ex: The sense of alienation that had evolved over 50 years has gradually given way to a spirit of teamwork and eagerness to learn.

Ex: Uneasiness evidenced by some inquirers at the reference desk seems to stem from unfamiliarity with the personnel and service, and a fear of appearing ignorant.

* ansia de aventura = thirst for adventure.

* ansia de saber = thirst for knowledge.

* ansias de = hunger for, lust for, greed for.

* ansias de cambiar de sitio = itchy feet.

* ansias de conocer mundo = wanderlust.

* ansias de matar = bloodlust.

* ansias de viajar = itchy feet.

* con ansias de conquistar el mundo = world-conquering.

* con ansias de leer = reading-desirous.

* con ansias de poder = power-hungry.

Del verbo ansiar: ( conjugate ansiar)

ansia es:



Multiple Entries:
ansia    
ansiar
ansia feminine noun taking masculine article in the singular


ansia de algo ‹de paz/libertad› longing for sth, yearning for sth;

‹ de poder› thirst for sth, craving for sth;

sus ansias de aprendar her eagerness to learn



ansiar ( conjugate ansiar) verbo transitivo (liter) ‹libertad/poder› to long for, yearn for;

ansia sustantivo femenino
1 (deseo) longing, yearning
2 (intranquilidad, desasosiego) anxiety
2 Med sick feeling
ansiar verbo transitivo to long for, yearn for

' ansia' also found in these entries:
English:
anxiety
- craving
- greedy
- itch
- lust
- hunger
- yearning
[angustia] anguish;

Ex: Equally important was the desire to achieve a single text.

Ex: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

Ex: 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.

Ex: The basic answer is a willingness to divert the resources to do it, and the ability to find the resources.

Ex: On Carmichael's face came the look of one who sees the immediate fulfillment of a wish.

Ex: The craving for data to document the status and excellence of library service is very real.

Ex: The urge to mechanize paper-making came at first as much from the papermakers' desire to free themselves from dependence upon their skilled but rebellious workmen as from the pursuit of production economies.

Ex: The thirst grew not just for preservation but for circulation of stories that gave meaning to life and coherence to communities.

Ex: A flood of feeling welled up in him about life and death and beauty and suffering and transitoriness and the yearning of his unsatisfied soul for a happiness not to be found on earth which poured out in 'Ode to a Nightingale'.

* amoldarse al deseo de Alguien = bend itself to + Posesivo + will.

* contra el deseo de Alguien = against + Posesivo + will.

* deseo de = hunger for, lust for, greed for.

* deseo de aventura = thirst for adventure.

* deseo de cooperación = engagement.

* deseo de matar = bloodlust.

* deseo explícito = explicit wish.

* deseo + hacerse realidad = wish + come true.

* deseo inconsciente de morir = death-wish.

* deseo por aprender = thirst for knowledge.

* deseo sexual = lust, sexual desire.

* despertar el deseo = arouse + hunger.

* expresar los deseos de uno = make + Posesivo + wishes known.

* falta de deseo = unwillingness.

* fuente de los deseos = wishing well.

* hacer realidad una deseo = fulfil + Posesivo + wish.

* lista de deseos = wish list.

* pedir un deseo = make + a wish, mounting problems.

* pozo de los deseos = wishing well.

* quitar el deseo = suffocate + desire.

* satisfacer el deseo = satisfy + appetite.

* satisfacer el deseo de Uno por = indulge + Posesivo + taste for.

 

Del verbo desear: ( conjugate desear)

deseo es:


deseó es:


Multiple Entries:
desear    
deseo
desear ( conjugate desear) verbo transitivo
1 ‹suerte/éxito/felicidad› to wish;

2 ( querer):

las tan deseadas vacaciones the long-awaited holidays;
lo que más deseo es … my greatest wish is …;
si tú lo deseas if you want to;
deseoía una respuesta ahora I would like a reply now;
está deseando verte he's really looking forward to seeing you;
¿desea que se lo envuelva? (frml) would you like me to wrap it for you?
3 ‹ persona› to desire, want
deseo sustantivo masculino



desear verbo transitivo
1 (anhelar, querer con intensidad) to desire: estoy deseando verte, I'm looking forward to seeing you
te deseo lo mejor, I wish you all the best
(suerte, felicidad, etc) to wish: os deseo unas felices vacaciones, have a good holiday
2 (sexualmente) to desire, want
3 frml (querer) to want: ¿desea usted algo, caballero?, can I help you, Sir?
deseo ver al director, I would like to see the manager
♦ Locuciones: deja mucho/bastante que desear, it leaves a lot to be desired
deseo sustantivo masculino
1 wish
2 (sexual, pasional) desire
deseos de venganza, desire for revenge
♦ Locuciones: arder en deseos, to yearn for
' deseo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrigar
- ansia
- aspiración
- capricho
- carnal
- conceder
- cumplir
- cumplirse
- desear
- formular
- gana
- hambre
- impulso
- pretensión
- provocar
- prurito
- que
- rabiar
- realizar
- saciar
- satisfacción
- sed
- si
- sucumbir
- sueño
- voluntad
- ardiente
- avivar
- excitar
- felicitación
- feliz
- ferviente
- insatisfecho
- irrealizable
- irresistible
- mejor
- querer
- viveza
- vivo
English:
anxiety
- appetite
- ardent
- death wish
- desire
- every
- express
- get-well card
- indulge
- indulgence
- intense
- longing
- lust
- overwhelming
- sexual
- uncontrollable
- unvoiced
- wish
Formal

1. (за очи) eager, yearing (за. for) 2. covetous (за for) 3. thirsty, dry, книж. athirst 4. ЖАДЕН за наука hungry for knowledge 5. ЖАДЕН за пари greedy for money 6. прен. (алчен) greedy, avid, avaricious (за for) 7. прен. thirsting, книж. athirst, hungry, craving, yearning, eager, ardent (за for) 8. той е ЖАДЕН за слава/почести и пр. he thirsts for glory/honours etc.. he is emulous of fame/honours, etc.

['brama]

θə:st
1. сущ. жажда to experience thirst ≈ испытывать жажду to quench, slake one's thirst ≈ утолять жажду excessive thirst ≈ усиленная жажда unquenchable thirst ≈ неутолимая жажда unquenched thirst ≈ неутоленная жажда Syn: craving
2. гл.
1) хотеть пить
2) жаждать( for, библ. after - чего-л.) жажда - to satisfy one's * утолить жажду - to suffer from * страдать от жажды - to die of * умереть от жажды - to have a * (разговорное) хотеть выпить томление;
тоска - * for /after, of/ knowledge жажда знаний - * for pleasure погоня за удовольствиями - the * to do smth. неукротимое желание сделать что-л. безводное пространство;
пустыня испытывать жажду, хотеть пить - to * for a drink хотеть выпить жаждать;
томиться желанием - to * after smb.'s blood жаждать чьей-л. крови - to * for /after/ knowledge жаждать знаний - to * for information жадно искать информацию;
изголодаться /погибать/ без информации - to * for power жаждать власти - to * for books изголодаться по книгам - to * to begin the combat жаждать битвы thirst жажда;
thirst for knowledge жажда знаний ~ жаждать (for, библ. after - чего-л.) ~ хотеть пить thirst жажда;
thirst for knowledge жажда знаний

craving (de for)
 

Del verbo ser: ( conjugate ser)

sed es:


Multiple Entries:
sed    
ser
sed sustantivo femenino
thirst;

tengo sed I'm thirsty;
me da sed it makes me (feel) thirsty;
su sed de venganza/riqueza her thirst for vengeance/riches
ser ( conjugate ser) cópula
1 ( seguido de adjetivos) to be

es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf;
es inglés/católico he's English/(a) Catholic;
era cierto it was true;
sé bueno, estate quieto be a good boy and keep still;
que seas muy feliz I hope you'll be very happy;

(+ me/te/le etc)

ver tb imposible, difícil etc
2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;

es viuda she's a widow;
ver tb estar 1 cópula 2
3 (seguido de nombre, pronombre) to be;

ábreme, soy yo open the door, it's me
4 (con predicado introducido por `de'):

soy de Córdoba I'm from Cordoba;
es de los vecinos it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors';
no soy de aquí I'm not from around here
5 (hipótesis, futuro):

¿será cierto? can it be true?
verbo intransitivo
1



2


¿dónde fue el accidente? where did the accident happen?


¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq);
¿qué va a ser de nosotros? what will become of us?
3 ( sumar):

son 3.000 pesos that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos;
somos diez en total there are ten of us altogether
4 (indicando finalidad, adecuación) sed para algo to be for sth;

( en locs)

¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq);
como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what;
hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done;
el lunes o cuando sea next Monday or whenever;
puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like;
de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml);
¡eso es! that's it!, that's right!;
es que …: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?;
es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim;
lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something;
estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes;
o sea: en febrero, o sea hace un mes in February, that is to say a month ago;
o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested;
o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out;
(ya) sea …, (ya) sea … either …, or …;
sea como sea at all costs;
sea cuando sea whenever it is;
sea donde sea no matter where;
sea quien sea whoever it is;
si no fuera/hubiera sido por … if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for …
( en el tiempo) to be;

serían las cuatro cuando llegó it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived;
ver tb v impers
sed v impers to be;

sed v aux ( en la voz pasiva) to be;
fue construido en 1900 it was built in 1900
■ sustantivo masculino
1




2 ( naturaleza):

sed sustantivo femenino
1 thirst: tengo mucha sed, I'm thirsty
calmar la sed, to quench one's thirst
2 fig (de justicia, libertad) hunger, thirst
tener sed de justicia, to be hungry o thirsty for justice
3 fig (deseo intenso, ambición desmedida) la sed de poder le puede llevar al fracaso, an insatiable thirst for power can lead to failure
ser
I sustantivo masculino
1 being: es un ser despreciable, he's despicable
ser humano, human being
ser vivo, living being
2 (esencia) essence: eso forma parte de su ser, that is part of him
II verbo intransitivo
1 (cualidad) to be: eres muy modesto, you are very modest
2 (fecha) to be: hoy es lunes, today is Monday
ya es la una, it's one o'clock
3 (cantidad) eran unos cincuenta, there were about fifty people
(al pagar) ¿cuánto es?, how much is it?
son doscientas, it is two hundred pesetas
Mat dos y tres son cinco, two and three make five
4 (causa) aquella mujer fue su ruina, that woman was his ruin
5 (oficio) to be a(n): Elvira es enfermera, Elvira is a nurse
6 (pertenencia) esto es mío, that's mine
es de Pedro, it is Pedro's
7 (afiliación) to belong: es del partido, he's a member of the party
es un chico del curso superior, he is a boy from the higher year
8 (origen) es de Málaga, she is from Málaga
¿de dónde es esta fruta? where does this fruit come from?
9 (composición, material) to be made of: este jersey no es de lana, this sweater is not (made of) wool
10 ser de, (afinidad, comparación) lo que hizo fue de tontos, what she did was a foolish thing
11 (existir) Madrid ya no es lo que era, Madrid isn't what it used to be
12 (suceder) ¿qué fue de ella?, what became of her?
13 (tener lugar) to be: esta tarde es el entierro, the funeral is this evening 14 ser para, (finalidad) to be for: es para pelar patatas, it's for peeling potatoes
(adecuación, aptitud) no es una película para niños, the film is not suitable for children
esta vida no es para ti, this kind of life is not for you
15 (efecto) era para llorar, it was painful
es (como) para darle una bofetada, it makes me want to slap his face
no es para tomárselo a broma, it is no joke
16 (auxiliar en pasiva) to be: fuimos rescatados por la patrulla de la Cruz Roja, we were rescued by the Red Cross patrol
17 ser de (+ infinitivo) era de esperar que se marchase, it was to be expected that she would leave
♦ Locuciones: a no ser que, unless
como sea, anyhow
de no ser por..., had it not been for
es más, furthermore
es que..., it's just that...
lo que sea, whatever
o sea, that is (to say)
sea como sea, in any case o be that as it may
ser de lo que no hay, to be the limit
' sed' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apagar
- engañar
- matar
- pasar
- quitar
- saciar
- tener
- aplacar
- calmar
- dar
- insaciable
- mitigar
- sentir
English:
aforementioned
- aforesaid
- dry
- parched
- quench
- said
- sedative
- sedentary
- sediment
- thirst
- thirsty
- unbiased
- unbiassed
- be
- feel
- make

Hụn|ger ['hʊŋɐ] hunger ( nach for); (= Hungersnot) famine; (nach Bildung) thirst, hunger; (nach fernen Ländern, Sonne etc) yearning; (nach Literatur) appetite

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