hanker

英 [ˈhæŋkə(r)]

美 [ˈhæŋkər]

v.  渴望，渴求(某事物)

现在分词：hankering　过去式：hankered　复数：hankers　过去分词：hankered　第三人称单数：hankers　

TEM8

BNC.22119 / COCA.30477

牛津词典

verb

• 渴望，渴求（某事物）
  to have a strong desire for sth
  1. He had hankered after fame all his life.
     他一生追求名望。
  2. She hankered to go back to Australia.
     她渴望回到澳大利亚。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 渴望;热望
  If youhanker aftersomething, you want it very much.
  1. I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat.
     我渴望有一件长及脚跟的棕色绒面革大衣。

英英释义

verb

• desire strongly or persistently
  Synonym:longyearn

双语例句

• What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?
  你在监狱时最渴望的是什么？
• For house-hunters who hanker after central city living with a country quality, the open weekend is an ideal opportunity to prospect for or fantasise about London garden square living and to weigh up the pros and cons of communal space.
  对于那些渴望居住在市中心、又希望享受乡村气息的购房者而言，开放周末是一个理想的机会，可以去探寻或设想伦敦花园广场的居住氛围，并权衡社区环境的优缺点。
• Hanker for fame [ praise]
  追求名声[赞美]
• They also hanker for advisers to provide a customised, disciplined investment process similar to what most large institutions command.
  他们还渴望顾问们能提供类纪律严明的定制投资程序，就像多数大型机构提供的那样。
• I often hanker after a little peace and respite from confusion, but it is really hard to come by.
  我常想在纷扰中寻出一点闲静来，然而委实不容易。
• But while British women may wish for the 47-year-old's youthful, toned figure, it seems they do not hanker after her toyboy husband, 31-year-old Ashton Kutcher.
  尽管英国女性也许渴望拥有像这个47岁的女星那样年轻、健美的身材，但她们似乎对她的小老公&31岁的阿什顿·库彻并不感兴趣。
• I don't hanker after squirrel meat.
  我不喜欢吃松鼠肉。
• Many of those who liked the idea of restoring America's international prestige also hanker for a bit more urgency.
  希望美国修复国际声誉的许多人，也期盼奥巴马加紧脚步。
• He has not learned to despise the dust, and to hanker after gold.
  他没有学会厌恶尘土而渴求黄金。
• IF YOU hanker after the idealistic spirit of international co-operation, talk to the boss of an emerging-market multinational.
  如果你渴望跨国合作的理想主义精神，那么你和跨国新兴市场的老板就有的聊了。