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

• Snow, and a piece snow falling, falling on my face, they dissolved into tears of yearning.
  下雪了，一片片雪花飘落，飘落在我的脸上，就化成了思念的泪水。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• Pride in the children's achievements is overtaken by the yearning to be with them.
  他们对天伦之乐的渴望已被对子女成就的自豪感取而代之。
• Exhibiting a lover's yearning.
  相思的表现出一个情人的思念的。
• Wolves have a very simple attitude, which is their persistent yearning for successes.
  狼的态度很单纯，那就是对成功坚定不移地向往。
• Yearning for a long enrapture you yesterday and the longing for a beautiful future.
  思念是对你昨日悠长的沉缅和对未来美好的向往。
• 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。
• He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher.
  他一直渴望当老师。