yearned

英 [jɜːnd]

美 [jɜːrnd]

v.  渴望; 渴求
yearn的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 渴望;渴求;向往
  If someoneyearns forsomething that they are unlikely to get, they want it very much.
  1. He yearned for freedom...
     他渴望自由。
  2. I yearned to be a movie actor.
     我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。

双语例句

• Never stopped Diana from striving to show the world the love that she herself yearned for.
  从未终止她向世人散播爱心的努力，这份爱正是她所渴望获得的。
• Her heart yearned for the starving children.
  她可怜那些饥饿的孩子们。
• For everybody introduction, this is a place which I most yearned for, is the swan castle, although did not know, this world does have, a such place, but, he depends on the old stock my dream.
  给大家介绍，这是我最向往的地方，是天鹅城堡，虽然不知道，这个世界到底有没有，这样的一个地方，但是，他还是依旧存着我的梦。
• He yearned to ask her to marry him.
  他强烈希望要她嫁给他。
• Nevertheless, I yearned for a career that would also give me the chance to help the underprivileged.
  可是，我渴望着获得一份职业，使我有机会帮助社会底层的人民。
• The busy workers yearned for a vacation.
  这些忙碌的工人盼望有一个假期。
• He yearned for his home and family.
  他渴望回家与家人相聚。
• He once yearned so frightfully for that occupation, and it was so welcome when it came;
  他曾经严重地渴望那种职业活动，在它出现时他便非常欢迎。
• He yearned for freedom
  他渴望自由。
• I yearned to be a movie actor.
  我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。