新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

burning

英 [ˈbɜːnɪŋ]

[ADJ, ADV, NOUN]

词汇频率：

ADJ. 形容词

1. 炙热的
You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
近义词
scorching
双语例句
例：
the burning desert of central Asia.
中亚地区炙热的沙漠。
2. 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.
近义词
passionate
双语例句
例：
I had a burning ambition to become a journalist.
我有强烈的愿望要成为一名记者。
3. 重要的 , 迫切的
A burning issue or question is a very important or urgent one that people feel very strongly about.
双语例句
例：
The burning question in this year's debate over the federal budget is: whose taxes should be raised?
今年联邦预算的辩论中最迫切的问题是：哪些人的纳税应该提高？

ADV. 副词

1. 火热地
You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
双语例句
例：
He touched the boy's forehead. It was burning hot.
他摸了摸男孩的前额，热得发烫。

NOUN. 名词

1. [U 不可数名词] 燃烧
Burning is the state of being on fire.
双语例句
例：
When we arrived in our village there was a terrible smell of burning.
我们到达村子的时候，那里有一股难闻的燃烧的味道。
2. [U 不可数名词] 烧毁
The burning of something is its destruction or damage by fire.
双语例句
例：
The French government has criticized the burning of a US flag outside the American embassy.
法国政府谴责了在美国大使馆外焚毁美国国旗的行为。

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