yearned

英 [jɜːnd]

美 [jɜːrnd]

v.  渴望; 渴求
yearn的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

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

双语例句

• I yearned for the feeling of being a winner again.
  我渴望再次成为胜利者的感觉。
• He once yearned so frightfully for that occupation, and it was so welcome when it came;
  他曾经严重地渴望那种职业活动，在它出现时他便非常欢迎。
• Every time I walked by the phone, I yearned to call.
  每次经过电话机旁，我都禁不住想打电话给你。
• He yearned to ask her to marry him.
  他强烈希望要她嫁给他。
• All at once I pictured my own father, patiently enduring my nightly accordion practice sessions though he must have yearned for peace and quiet after his long days at the pizza factory.
  突然，我想起了我的父亲。虽然他在比萨厂呆了一整天后一定非常渴望清静，但还是耐心地忍受着我每天晚上练习手风琴的那段时间。
• She yearned for a career that would let her explore her passion for writing.
  她所渴求的是一项能让自己探索写作激情的职业。
• Nevertheless, I yearned for a career that would also give me the chance to help the underprivileged.
  可是，我渴望着获得一份职业，使我有机会帮助社会底层的人民。
• For everybody introduction, this is a place which I most yearned for, is the swan castle, although did not know, this world does have, a such place, but, he depends on the old stock my dream.
  给大家介绍，这是我最向往的地方，是天鹅城堡，虽然不知道，这个世界到底有没有，这样的一个地方，但是，他还是依旧存着我的梦。
• But as a teenager I yearned for heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
  而正值豆蔻年华的我却渴望母女间有一种推心置腹的倾心交谈。
• He yearned for freedom
  他渴望自由。