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
- Sometimes I just yearn to be alone.
有时我只是渴望一人独处。 - Could you realize that even though you're out of my sight you could never out of my yearn;
你可知道你能够走出我的视野却永远走不出我对你殷殷的思念； - I like lonely, lonely hate it, I yearn for a lively, but most fear lively.
我喜欢孤独，却又痛恨孤独，我向往着热闹，却最害怕热闹。 - For other men, I yearn.
对于别的男人，我渴望； - We yearn for beauty, truth, and meaning in our lives.
我们渴求生活中的美、真和意义。 - If you do yearn for chocolate, try a carob bar instead.
你要是非常想吃巧克力，那就嚼根角豆条解馋吧。 - I am reading an article about Nuremberg in Germany which makes me yearn for it.
这些天我读了一篇关于德国纽伦堡市的文章，对纽伦堡市充满了向往之情。 - If there is one thing one can always yearn for and sometimes attain, it is human love.
如果有一件东西可以永远渴望，而且有时能够得到的东西，那就是人类的爱。 - I hope you won't either let down my yearn.
你也不要辜负了我的思量。 - 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。