lust用作动词时不及物，常用于短语lust after〔for〕中，表示“对…有极强的欲望”，尤指性欲。

lust after〔for〕(v.+prep.)
对…有极强的欲望(尤指性欲) feel an extremely strong, especially sexual, desire for sb/sth
▲lust after〔for〕 sb/sth
Jenney has been lusting after Jack for weeks.珍妮对杰克已怀春数周。
I've never really lusted for possessions very much.我从未贪恋过财物。

lust用作名词时，其后常接介词for引起的短语作定语。

Her attraction to him is pure lust.她对他只是肉体上的吸引。
▲～+prep.-phrase
He was blinded by the lust for gain.他利令智昏。
He was driven by the twin lusts for money and success.他受到金钱与成功双重欲望的驱使。

lust, craving, desire
参见desire条。