desire

1.desire（名词）后面通常接不定式，偶尔接of或for和动名词，如a（或the，或his等）desire to go比a（或the，或his等）desire of（或for）going普通。

2.desire（动词）后面接不定式，不接动名词，如I desire to go里的to go不可改作going。

3.desire（动词）后面接指人的词和不定式通常作“（严正地）请求”解，偶尔作“愿望”解。例如：I desire（请求）you to go at once. 和I desire（愿望）you to succeed.

desire作“（严正地）请求”解是比较正式的词，不及ask或request普通。有时后面接以that引导的从句，那从句里通常用should或虚拟现在式。例如：I desire that he should call on me on Monday morning. 和I desire that he call（不用calls）on me on Monday morning. 那从句里也有用may或might，will或would的。例如：

• I desire that he may go at once.
• I desired that he might go at once.
• He desires that I will go at once.
• He desired that I would go at once.

I desire that you will go at once有“我命令你”的意思。

4.说“为了…的请求”在desire前面用at或by都可以。例如：Mr Morgan called on Mr Marley at（或by）Mr Franklin's desire.和At（或By）the desire of Mrs Taylor, I have to inform you that her daughter is ill.

5.They desire a meeting called（他们希望召开一次会议）是美国英语，在英国在called前面加上to be。