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

• 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。
• And what they do not realize is that in their yearning they create the light.
  他们所没有意识到的是，在他们的渴望之中他们创造了光。
• 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。
• "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。
• It is new and shining symbol of man's yearning to be free.
  它是人类渴望自由的一个新而耀眼的象征。
• Wolves have a very simple attitude, which is their persistent yearning for successes.
  狼的态度很单纯，那就是对成功坚定不移地向往。
• I am your yearning and your sweat.
  我很高兴你告诉我你对我的思念和渴望。
• He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher.
  他一直渴望当老师。
• You have been long gone, leaving behind drizzling melancholy and thickening yearning in me.
  你远去了，留给我的是密密细雨般的惆怅，还有那浓浓的思念。
• 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！