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。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• Eco-Eden is people yearning for beautiful to nature.
  生态乐园是人们对大自然的美好向往。
• 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。
• 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。
• Oh, you know my yearning, burning in my heart.
  哦，你知道我心中燃烧的渴望。