I wished to enter the army, and had long been desirous of taking the step.

我想参军，早就想踏出这一步。

One of Miss Minchin's chief secret annoyances was that she did not speak French herself, and was desirous of concealing the irritating fact.

铭钦小姐最隐秘的烦恼之一是她自己不会说法语， 而且希望隐瞒这个恼人的事实。

There was still the checking to be done, and for this, being desirous of silence, she retired into the pattern-room, taking Denise with her.

还有检查工作要做， 为此，她希望安静下来， 带着丹妮丝（Denise）回到了样板间。

That I was desirous of believing her indifferent is certain, —but I will venture to say that my investigations and decisions are not usually influenced by my hopes or fears.

我当初确实希望她无动于中，可是我敢说，我虽然主观上有我的希望，有我的顾虑，可是我的观察和我的推断并不会受到主观上的影响。

These plantes are moste efficacious in the inflaming of the braine, and are therefore much used in Confusing and Befuddlement Draughts, where the wizard is desirous of producing hot-headedness and recklessness . . .

这些植物最易造成脑炎，多用于迷乱药中，致人急躁鲁莽。

As for Jane, her anxiety under this suspence was, of course, more painful than Elizabeth's; but whatever she felt she was desirous of concealing, and between herself and Elizabeth, therefore, the subject was never alluded to.

至于吉英，她在这种动荡不安的情况下，自然比伊丽莎白更加感到焦虑，可是她总不愿意把自己的心事暴露出来，所以她和伊丽莎白一直没有提到这件事。

And for seventy thousand francs he had to part with what had cost him more than two hundred thousand, considering himself fortunate even in meeting the Lhommes, his neighbours, who were desirous of adding to their property.

为了七万法郎，他不得不放弃花费了他超过二十万法郎的财产，他认为自己很幸运，即使遇到了他的邻居 Lhommes，他们也想增加他们的财产。

" An empty title, so long as Roose Bolton holds the castle for Robb Stark, yet Lord Baelish was desirous of the honor. He did us good service in the matter of the Tyrell marriage. A Lannister pays his debts" .

" 不过是空头衔。眼下卢斯·波顿为罗柏·史塔克守着赫伦堡，培提尔大人又极渴望光耀门楣。怎么说，他毕竟在达成提利尔的婚约一事上为我们作了很大贡献。兰尼斯特有债必还。"

Charles became very intimate with Madame d'Aubrion precisely because she was desirous of becoming intimate with him. Persons who were on board the brig declared that the handsome Madame d'Aubrion neglected no means of capturing so rich a son-in-law.

恰恰是因为德奥布里昂夫人渴望与他亲近，夏尔才与德奥布里翁夫人变得亲密无间。双桅船上的人宣称，英俊的德奥布里翁夫人想方设法要俘获如此富有的女婿。

" is desirous of meeting with a situation in a private family where the children are under fourteen" (I thought that as I was barely eighteen, it would not do to undertake the guidance of pupils nearer my own age).

“渴望在孩子未满 14 岁的私人家庭中遇到这种情况”（我认为，由于我还不到 18 岁，因此承担与我年龄相仿的学生的指导是行不通的）。