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

• Exhibiting a lover's yearning.
  相思的表现出一个情人的思念的。
• Discarding this, we will discard, also, the eternal yearning of the unsatisfied right armpit.
  丢弃这个，我们也将丢弃得不到满足的右腋窝的无休止的渴望。
• She keeps on pouring out her love and lovesickness in her beautiful but fruitless pursuit of her yearning.
  她不断地吐露相思和爱慕，为她的向往作了徒劳而绮丽的追寻。
• Freedom, my yearning and pursues! For my full time of life!
  自由，我的向往和追求！用一生的时光去争取！
• Eco-Eden is people yearning for beautiful to nature.
  生态乐园是人们对大自然的美好向往。
• I always like Chinese culture, more yearning and world peace.
  我一直喜欢中国的文化，更向往世界和平。
• My heart for you with yearning burns.
  我的心为你在渴望中燃烧。
• My yearning is hanging on the new moon.
  我的思念就挂在那一钩新月上。
• Not just ready to, I would answer, but yearning to.
  我得说，不仅仅是准备好了，而且对此充满渴望。
• He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher.
  他一直渴望当老师。