yearning

英 [ˈjɜːnɪŋ]

美 [ˈjɜːrnɪŋ]

n.  渴望; 向往
v.  渴望; 渴求
yearn的现在分词

现在分词：yearning　复数：yearnings　

BNC.15023 / COCA.12302

牛津词典

noun

• 渴望；向往
  a strong and emotional desire
  1. a yearning for a quiet life
     对宁静生活的向往
  2. She had no great yearning to go back.
     她并不十分想回去。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 渴望;强烈愿望;向往
  Ayearningfor something is a very strong desire for it.
  1. He spoke of his yearning for another child...
     他说起了自己想再要一个孩子的强烈愿望。
  2. He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher.
     他一直渴望当老师。

英英释义

noun

• prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
  Synonym:longinghungriness

双语例句

• I like the yearning for a bright sunflower quality.
  我喜欢葵花的向往光明的品质。
• It is new and shining symbol of man's yearning to be free.
  它是人类渴望自由的一个新而耀眼的象征。
• Exhibiting a lover's yearning.
  相思的表现出一个情人的思念的。
• But they were filled with longing and desire, a yearning for something just out of reach.
  但是小说里也充满了憧憬和希望，一种对于力不能及的事物的渴望。
• They will hear my voice, and with the same sense of yearning for their hopes.
  会让他们听到我的心声，和发自内心的对他们的殷殷思念。
• Under the influence of my father, I have always been filled with infinite yearning for Germany.
  由于受到父亲的影响，我对德国充满了无限的向往。
• The sweet home of our yearning hearts.
  我们内心渴望的甜蜜之家。
• He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher.
  他一直渴望当老师。
• My yearning is hanging on the new moon.
  我的思念就挂在那一钩新月上。
• She is a good destination that it was the pursuit of her life and yearning.
  是它的好归宿，认为那是它一生的追求和向往，一生最美的家。