yearn是什么意思？

yearn

英[jɜ:n] 美[jɜrn]

• vi. 渴望，切盼，向往，想念，怀念，向往，留恋，恋慕；

第三人称单数：yearns;

过去式：yearned;

过去分词：yearned;

现在分词：yearning;

例句

• We yearn to surrender our entire being. 我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命.
• 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 ?
• If you do yearn for chocolate, try a carob bar instead. 你要是非常想吃巧克力,那就嚼根角豆条解馋吧。

同义词

• vi.
  yearn的同义词之：思念;渴望
  long, for, desire, pine, hope, crave, wish,
• yearn的同义词之：其他释义
  crave, for, pine, hope, desire, long,

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词均包含 "渴望" 的意思
  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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  渴望;渴求;向往
  If someone yearns for something that they are unlikely to get, they want it very much.
  例句
  He yearned for freedom... 他渴望自由。 I yearned to be a movie actor. 我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  渴望,渴求, 切盼, 向往
  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? She yearned to go back to the south. 她渴望回到南方去。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. desire strongly or persistently
  2. have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
  "She ached for a cigarette""I am pining for my lover"
  3. have affection for; feel tenderness for