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

• Do not wait until they are gone forever, until the beginning of endless regret and yearning.
  不要等到他们永远的走了，才开始无尽的悔恨与思念。
• 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。
• But they were filled with longing and desire, a yearning for something just out of reach.
  但是小说里也充满了憧憬和希望，一种对于力不能及的事物的渴望。
• I like the yearning for a bright sunflower quality.
  我喜欢葵花的向往光明的品质。
• He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher.
  他一直渴望当老师。
• Discarding this, we will discard, also, the eternal yearning of the unsatisfied right armpit.
  丢弃这个，我们也将丢弃得不到满足的右腋窝的无休止的渴望。
• Oh, you know my yearning, burning in my heart.
  哦，你知道我心中燃烧的渴望。
• My heart for you with yearning burns.
  我的心为你在渴望中燃烧。
• She keeps on pouring out her love and lovesickness in her beautiful but fruitless pursuit of her yearning.
  她不断地吐露相思和爱慕，为她的向往作了徒劳而绮丽的追寻。
• 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。