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

• 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。
• I am your yearning and your sweat.
  我很高兴你告诉我你对我的思念和渴望。
• Yearning for a long enrapture you yesterday and the longing for a beautiful future.
  思念是对你昨日悠长的沉缅和对未来美好的向往。
• It is new and shining symbol of man's yearning to be free.
  它是人类渴望自由的一个新而耀眼的象征。
• Wolves have a very simple attitude, which is their persistent yearning for successes.
  狼的态度很单纯，那就是对成功坚定不移地向往。
• Oh, you know my yearning, burning in my heart.
  哦，你知道我心中燃烧的渴望。
• 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。
• We are all yearning for the weather to change.
  我们大家都渴望天气有所变化。
• Under the influence of my father, I have always been filled with infinite yearning for Germany.
  由于受到父亲的影响，我对德国充满了无限的向往。
• And what they do not realize is that in their yearning they create the light.
  他们所没有意识到的是，在他们的渴望之中他们创造了光。