A craving is a very strong wish for something — so strong it sits in your body or will not leave your head. People talk about a craving for chocolate, for salt, for a cigarette, for sleep, or, more quietly, for home or kindness.

A craving「craving」渴望 is a very strong wish for something是對某樣東西非常強烈的想望——so strong it sits in your body強烈到讓你整個身體都感覺得到，or will not leave your head或是腦子裡怎麼樣都揮之不去。People talk about a craving人們會說craving for chocolate對「chocolate」巧克力、for salt對「salt」鹽分、for a cigarette對一根「cigarette」香菸、for sleep對「sleep」睡眠、or, more quietly或者比較安靜地，for home or kindness對「home」家或「kindness」溫柔。

It is much stronger than want. Want can be a choice; a craving pushes. Doctors and everyday talk both use it for food and for drugs; songs and novels use it for love. Informal to neutral, and very common.

It is much stronger它強烈得多 than want比「want」。Want「want」 can be a choice可以是一種選擇；a craving「craving」 pushes則是會推著你走的。Doctors and everyday talk both use it醫生和日常說話都會用它 for food and for drugs來說食物和毒品；songs and novels use it歌曲和小說則用它 for love來說愛情。Informal to neutral, and very common從口語到中性都適用，而且非常常見。

Though actually, the old English idea was closer to a claim or a demand — you were asking hard for something — and you can still feel that push, even though nobody uses craving as a polite request any more.

Though actually不過實際上，the old English idea was closer to古英文的概念比較接近 a claim or a demand「claim」主張或「demand」要求——you were asking hard for something是很用力地在要求某樣東西——and you can still feel that push你現在還是感覺得到那種推力，even though nobody uses craving as a polite request any more雖然現在已經沒有人會把「craving」當作一種禮貌的請求來用了。

The verb is crave; craving is the name of the feeling (and also the -ing form: she is craving ice cream). As a noun, crave itself is rare.

The verb is動詞是 crave「crave」；craving「craving」 is the name of the feeling是這種感覺的名稱 (and also the -ing form（也是動詞的-ing形式：she is craving ice cream「she is craving ice cream」她很想吃冰淇淋）。As a noun當名詞用的時候，crave itself is rare「crave」這個字本身很少見。