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

• The sweet home of our yearning hearts.
  我们内心渴望的甜蜜之家。
• I always like Chinese culture, more yearning and world peace.
  我一直喜欢中国的文化，更向往世界和平。
• We are all yearning for the weather to change.
  我们大家都渴望天气有所变化。
• 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。
• I like the yearning for a bright sunflower quality.
  我喜欢葵花的向往光明的品质。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Exhibiting a lover's yearning.
  相思的表现出一个情人的思念的。
• My heart for you with yearning burns.
  我的心为你在渴望中燃烧。