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

• "I don't think economic advancement and our yearning for love are mutually exclusive," he said.
  “我认为经济发展和人们对爱情的追求并不相互排斥。”他说。
• Under the influence of my father, I have always been filled with infinite yearning for Germany.
  由于受到父亲的影响，我对德国充满了无限的向往。
• The sweet home of our yearning hearts.
  我们内心渴望的甜蜜之家。
• I like the yearning for a bright sunflower quality.
  我喜欢葵花的向往光明的品质。
• Snow, and a piece snow falling, falling on my face, they dissolved into tears of yearning.
  下雪了，一片片雪花飘落，飘落在我的脸上，就化成了思念的泪水。
• 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。
• Freedom, my yearning and pursues! For my full time of life!
  自由，我的向往和追求！用一生的时光去争取！
• My yearning is hanging on the new moon.
  我的思念就挂在那一钩新月上。
• People's yearning for a good and beautiful life is the goal for us to strive for.
  人民对美好生活的向往，就是我们的奋斗目标。
• When looking up at the starry sky, we are full of longing and yearning for the vast universe.
  在仰望星空的时候，对茫茫宇宙充满了无限的憧憬和向往。