yearn
英 [jɜːn]
美 [jɜːrn]
v. 渴望; 渴求
现在分词：yearning 过去式：yearned 第三人称单数：yearns 过去分词：yearned
BNC.11780 / COCA.7999
同义词辨析
yearncravedesirelongpine【导航词义：渴望】
yearnv. 〈文〉渴望，向往
〔辨析〕
尤指渴望得到很难得到的事物，或做难以如愿之事，常伴有些许不安或痛苦。
〔例证〕
She yearned for his love.
她渴望得到他的爱。
He yearned to go back to his hometown.
他渴望回到故乡。
她渴望得到他的爱。
He yearned to go back to his hometown.
他渴望回到故乡。
cravev. 〈书〉渴望，热望
〔辨析〕
指非常强烈、几乎无法控制地渴望某事物，有时甚至是不好的事物。
〔例证〕
Many children crave attention.
许多孩子渴望得到关心。
Linda still craves the recognition of her peers.
琳达仍然渴望得到同龄人的认可。
He was craving cigarettes.
他很想抽烟。
许多孩子渴望得到关心。
Linda still craves the recognition of her peers.
琳达仍然渴望得到同龄人的认可。
He was craving cigarettes.
他很想抽烟。
desirev. 〈正式〉渴望，期望
〔辨析〕
强调主观愿望上热切渴望某事物，多指可以达成的事情，常含尽力争取的意味，不用进行时。
〔例证〕
We all desire happiness and health.
我们都渴望幸福和健康。
We always desire to live in peace with our neighbours.
我们总是渴望与邻居和睦相处。
She desires to marry him.
她渴望嫁给他。
我们都渴望幸福和健康。
We always desire to live in peace with our neighbours.
我们总是渴望与邻居和睦相处。
She desires to marry him.
她渴望嫁给他。
longv. 渴望，极想
〔辨析〕
普通用词，尤指渴望看似不会很快发生的事发生，常后接介词 for 或动词不定式。
〔例证〕
I long for the day when my dream can come true.
我渴望有一天能够梦想成真。
So this is what you've been longing for?
这就是你一直所渴求的东西？
We are longing to see you.
我们渴望见到你。
我渴望有一天能够梦想成真。
So this is what you've been longing for?
这就是你一直所渴求的东西？
We are longing to see you.
我们渴望见到你。
pine forphr. v. 渴望
〔辨析〕
尤指渴望得到不太可能得到的事物，含苦苦思念之意。
〔例证〕
John was pining for his homeland back in America.
约翰渴望回到美国的故乡。
She pined for the countryside.
她渴望乡间的生活。
约翰渴望回到美国的故乡。
She pined for the countryside.
她渴望乡间的生活。
牛津词典
verb
- 渴望；渴求
to want sth very much, especially when it is very difficult to get- The people yearned for peace.
人民渴望和平。 - There was a yearning look in his eyes.
他两眼流露出渴望的神情。 - She yearned to escape from her office job.
她一心想着躲避办公室里的工作。
- The people yearned for peace.
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.- 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。
- He yearned for freedom...
英英释义
verb
- have affection for
- have a desire for something or someone who is not present
- She ached for a cigarette
- I am pining for my lover
- desire strongly or persistently
双语例句
- I yearn for the soaring, but I do not have the wing.
我向往飞翔，但是我没有翅膀。 - This mentalist yearn easily trigger a large-scale consumption campaign.
这种心态容易引发一场大规模消费高潮。 - When you see the cloud in the sky, it means I yearn for you.
当你看到天空的云时，那就表示我渴望见到你。 - We yearn for beauty, truth, and meaning in our lives.
我们渴求生活中的美、真和意义。 - We yearn endlessly for the things money famously cannot buy: love, friendship, joy.
我们无限渴望那些著名的金钱买不到的东西：爱、友谊、快乐。 - I yearned to be a movie actor.
我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。 - It made me yearn for South Korea, dreaming of meeting such a man.
这让我对韩国心生渴望，梦想着遇见这样的一个男人。 - We yearn for a happy life, happiness is our aim.
我们向往幸福的生活，幸福才是我们的目的。 - When you grieve, they will yearn to comfort you.
当你悲痛时，人们会尽力安慰你； - You yearn for freedom and self-employment attracts you powerfully.
你向往自由，自由职业深深地吸引着你。