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

• Hanker for fame [ praise]
  追求名声[赞美]
• His topping personal quality was prominently manifested in his profound thinking about the meaning of life, the unremitting hanker for peace and right of mankind, and the search for scientific morality and beauty.
  他的杰出人文素质最突出地表现在：他对人生意义的深刻思考，对人类和平与正义的不懈追求以及对科学道德和科学美的探求。
• He does hanker for the regular free-form meetings he used to have with Fed officials, sitting round for hours and talking about whatever interested him that day.
  他的确怀念与美联储官员经常进行的自由式会议，大家围坐在一起几个小时，讨论他那一天感兴趣的任何内容。
• Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.
  只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代。
• 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。
• This wet summer makes me hanker after a holiday in the sun.
  潮湿多雨的夏天使我渴望度过一个阳光明媚的假期。
• I don't hanker after squirrel meat.
  我不喜欢吃松鼠肉。
• 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。
• However much we may hanker after comfort and security, we have to face reality.
  不管我们多么渴求舒适和安全，我们必须面对现实。
• What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?
  你在监狱时最渴望的是什么？