desiderate

desiderate an impossibility

希求不可能的事情

I desiderate the resources of a family.

我渴望家庭资源。

Then, last of all, I desiderate urbanity.

还有，最后，我渴望文明。

And tenderness, too—but does that appear a mawkish thing to desiderate in life?

我也渴望生之中柔情无限——这像是自作多情的渴望吗？