yearn
英 [jɜːn]
美[jɝn]
- vi. 渴望，向往；思念，想念；怀念；同情，怜悯
实用场景例句
- The people yearned for peace.
- 人民渴望和平。
牛津词典
- There was a yearning look in his eyes.
- 他两眼流露出渴望的神情。
牛津词典
- She yearned to escape from her office job.
- 她一心想着躲避办公室里的工作。
牛津词典
- He yearned for freedom...
- 他渴望自由。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I yearned to be a movie actor.
- 我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- If there is one thing one always yearn for and sometime attain, it is human love!
- 如果有一件人可以永远渴望,而且有时能够得到的东西, 那就是人类的爱!
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- This was the number of nights I yearn for the land, are really able to find?
- 这一片我向往了多少夜的净土, 是否真的可以去寻找?
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- Yearn to understand first and to be understood second.
- 先求了解,再求被了解.
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- Perhaps, you want your child to yearn for her purchases and even to experience frustration.
- 你或许希望你的孩子对想买的东西充满渴望,甚至经受挫折.
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- Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.
- 现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活.
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- Twenty . I am unique, and unrepeatable. Dare to love and be loved. Yearn for grace.
- 独一无二的, 而且无法复制. 敢于去爱与被爱.追求荣耀.
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- We don't share a bed any more and I yearn for the day when we can.
- 我们不再同床而眠,但是我多么渴望有一天我们能够再睡在一起.
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- We yearn to surrender our entire being.
- 我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命.
辞典例句
- Every day I think about you, and I yearn to see your smile.
- 每天当我一想起你就渴望见到你的笑容,虽然我是如此的想念你.
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- The children in the mountains yearn to have a look at the outside world.
- 山里的孩子向往着到外面的世界看一看.
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- Peddle sometimes pleasant , stop and yearn after solicitting many people.
- 叫卖声时而入耳,招揽了不少人驻足留恋.
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- They yearn for the past, because the present policies do not yield much advantage to them.
- 他们感到现在的一套对他们益处不大, 所以对过去很留恋.
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- Do pregnant women really yearn for sour pickles?
- 是怀孕的妇女都馋酸泡菜 吗 ?
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- People understandably yearn to return to the good old days of the late 1990 s.
- 人们希望回到上个世纪90年代末的好时光,这是可以理解的.
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- Most of younger yearn for beyond they parents control.
- 大部分的年轻人都渴望脱离父母的控制.
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- Above all it will make you yearn for Rowling's next instalment.
- 更甚者,它将会让你更渴望罗琳的下一本连载.
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- Dear, how I yearn those happy days together with you!
- 亲爱的, 好怀念和你在一起那段开心的日子.
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- We yearn for the Rule of Law, for its regulation and value.
- 法治以其合法规律性、价值性而为我们向往.
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- I began to yearn for ( miss ) the days in my hometown.
- 我开始思念在家乡的日子.
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- This university has rich pedagogical resources , and is a school that students yearn to attend.
- 这所大学师资力量雄厚, 是所有学子都向往的学校.
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- Husbands, too, can yearn for greater closeness and romance.
- 丈夫也渴望更亲密和浪漫的关系.
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- Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
- 你应该做的是, 教他们热爱广阔无垠的海洋.
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- Is it not in the nature of all human beings to yearn for freedom?
- 渴望自由不是人类的天性 吗 ?
《简明英汉词典》
- The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails!
- 虫子越受苦, 我就越想碾碎它们.
辞典例句
- We yearn for thecomfort of familiar lies to create a more amenable reality.
- 耳熟能详的谎言会创造一个较易应付的现实.
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同义词辨析
yearn, long, thirst
这些动词均含"渴望"之意。
yearn： 通常指急迫不安地渴望或向往，着重怀有柔情或热情。
long： 指诚心诚意地渴望某事或物。
thirst： 原义指对食物或饮料的渴求，引申指全力以求。