hanker

英 [ˈhæŋkə(r)]

美 [ˈhæŋkər]

v.  渴望，渴求(某事物)

现在分词：hankering　过去式：hankered　复数：hankers　过去分词：hankered　第三人称单数：hankers　

TEM8

BNC.22119 / COCA.30477

牛津词典

verb

• 渴望，渴求（某事物）
  to have a strong desire for sth
  1. He had hankered after fame all his life.
     他一生追求名望。
  2. She hankered to go back to Australia.
     她渴望回到澳大利亚。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 渴望;热望
  If youhanker aftersomething, you want it very much.
  1. I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat.
     我渴望有一件长及脚跟的棕色绒面革大衣。

英英释义

verb

• desire strongly or persistently
  Synonym:longyearn

双语例句

• What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?
  你在监狱时最渴望的是什么？
• I often hanker after a little peace and respite from confusion, but it is really hard to come by.
  我常想在纷扰中寻出一点闲静来，然而委实不容易。
• Furthermore, enterprises hanker after the self-built logistics, not outsource logistics business, which make it difficult for logistics enterprises of our country to develop healthy. Why do enterprises of our country make little progress in logistics outsourcing?
  而且，由于企业热衷于自建物流、不进行物流外包，还使得我国物流企业发展艰难，相当多的物流企业吃不饱、长不大，甚至因此而夭亡。
• Even after all these years, I still hanker for a motorbike.
  尽管过了这么些年，我仍然希冀得到一辆摩托车。
• I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat.
  我渴望有一件长及脚跟的棕色绒面革大衣。
• In addition, the improving on data rate of the systems is also our hanker goal.
  另外，对系统速率的不断提高也是人们不懈追求的目标。
• Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.
  只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代。
• An official, as a professionist, is expected not to hanker for self-interest that only common professionists do, but to insist on the consciousness of government service and erect the professional role morality with the core of dedication.
  官员作为职业者，其社会期望不是正当地追求私利，而是坚持公职意识，树立以奉献为核心的职业角色道德；
• We all hanker for things that we shouldn't have too much of like ice cream and chocolate or other things that are even worse for body and soul.
  我们常常渴望得到一些不应该拥有太多的东西，例如冰淇淋和巧克力，又或是一些更有损身心的东西。
• At last Jack began to hanker after a little excitement.
  后来，杰克又渴望找点儿刺激了。