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2023届高考英语应用文高分讲义:常用表达的高级替换词
一、如何换种方式表达“I want”
1
I would like/love...
例子:
- What can I get for you?
- I’d love a latte please.
I'd like to be more financially independent.
2
I desire sth./ to do...
比较正式,表渴望,期望
例子:
We all desire happiness and health.
Senior citizens desire to live in less crowded places.
3
I feel like sth./ doing sth.
Want to have or do sth. 想要...
例子:
I feel a bit funny, so I don’t feel like eating. (funny here means slightly sick)
I feel like a chocolate bar to lift my mood.
4
Be up for sth./ doing sth. [idiom]
Ready and willing for something; agreeable to something 打算做...,同意做...
例子:
- Do you wanna go shopping with us?
- I am up for that.
I’m up for going to the mall.
5
I'm itching for sth./ to do sth.
to have an itch for sth. / to do sth.
Want sth. or want to do sth. very much 渴望...
例子:
After a long hectic week, I’m so itching for a day off.
Many people were itching to go travelling as the lockdown was lifted.
I'm itching to hear the results.
Everyone has an itch for money.
6
I’m dying for... [idiom]
Want or like sth. very much 跟be itching for 差不多
例子:
It’s boiling hot here, I’m dying for an ice cream.
I’m just dying for a nap.
7
I long for sth. / to do sth.
Have a strong wish or desire for sth. 渴望.., 渴望做...
注意long当动词时过去时和过去分词都是longed
例子:
I long for this pandemic to end so we can travel around.
I've always longed to live in the peaceful countryside.
8
To crave for / to do sth.
a craving for / to do sth.
渴望...
例子:
I have a craving for chocolate.
I was craving for some fresh air.
She is driven by a craving for a band 9 on the IELTS test.
9
I'm in the mood for sth./ to do sth.
想要...
例子:
At night, I’m in the mood for an interesting book or a funny movie.
I’m in the mood for Japanese food.
10
hit the spot [idiom]
to give complete or special satisfaction —used especially of food or drink 给予完全的或者特别的满足(尤其是食物/饮料所带来的);正和要求,恰到好处
例子:
I was so hungry, and that meal just hit the spot.
I'm dying of thirst, and that cup of ice