hankering

英 [ˈhæŋkərɪŋ]

美 [ˈhæŋkərɪŋ]

n.  (对或做某事的)强烈欲望
v.  渴望，渴求(某事物)
hanker的现在分词

现在分词：hankering　

GRE

BNC.35868 / COCA.33521

牛津词典

noun

• （对或做某事的）强烈欲望
  a strong desire
  1. a hankering for a wealthy lifestyle
     渴望过富裕生活

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 渴望;热望
  Ahankering forsomething is a desire or longing for it.
  1. From time to time we all get a hankering for something a little different...
     我们每个人偶尔都会渴望有点变化。
  2. Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
     你是否一直渴望成为一名演员？

英英释义

noun

• a yearning for something or to do something
  Synonym:yen

双语例句

• If you happen to find yourself in the Big Apple with a hankering for delicious borscht, be sure to take yourself to the Carnegie Deli.
  如果你恰好在大苹果（纽约的别称）寻觅美味的罗宋汤，一定要去卡内基熟食店。
• I got a real hankering.
  我真的很想吃嘛。
• He has been hankering to spend an evening talking with you.
  他一直渴望能找一天跟你谈一晚。
• He actually got the job he was hankering after* as art director.
  他最后得到了他梦寐以求的艺术指导的工作。
• Thanks to its tropical climate, zoo-wrecking hurricanes and a greater-than-usual number of people with a hankering for fashionably exotic pets, Florida is an invasive-species mecca.
  由于地处热带，而且飓风让动物园面目全非，再加上一大帮珍禽异兽的狂热粉丝，佛罗里达成了这些外来物种的“圣城”。
• What kind of life are hankering for?
  你到底想要一种什么生活方式？
• But if you're hankering to escape the crowds this summer, encounter new worlds and come back with a tale, think about some of these destinations.
  可是，如果你渴望躲开夏季的人潮，遇见全新的世界，带着传奇归来，那就考虑一下这几个地方吧。
• It is no doubt that hankering for the minimum economic cost or the maximum economic profit is an unfailing loyalty for any competitor.
  在市场经济的大搏杀中，追求经济成本最小化或经济利润最大化无疑是经济生活中亘古不变的话题，这势必要求人们尤其是决策者不得不面对大量客观存在的不确定性。
• But the reader is left hankering to know what Mr Garton Ash thinks about the mess that has succeeded it.
  但读者们想了解加顿•阿什对于政权更迭之后的乱局有何见解的渴望却未得到满足。
• Most of us have a hankering for the good things on both sides of the line.
  我们中间大部分人都热切盼望两方面的好东西。