yearn

美音:[jɜrn] 英音:[jɜː(r)n]

简单释义:


v.渴望;渴求

网络想念;向往;怀念

变形:

过去分词:yearned  现在分词:yearning  第三人称单数:yearns  


完整释义:


v.

1.盼望,渴望,向往;渴望得到,梦寐以求
2.热望,渴望,切望,极想
3.想念,怀念,向往,留恋,恋慕
4.想,渴想,绞尽脑汁想
5.思慕


例句:

  1. b. I yearn for you, not for your charming looks, but because your arrival has invested my life with new meanings.
    我爱慕你,并非因为你娇美的外表,而是因为你的到来给我的生活赋予了新的内涵。

  2. We do not always want a faithful representation of reality. Sometimes we yearn for a dream.
    我们并不总是需要现实的真实展现,有的时候我们需要的是一个梦。

  3. Some research has suggested that it is men, more than women, who yearn for marriage, but this may be merely a case of stated preference.
    一些研究表明男性比女性更渴望结婚,但是这可能仅仅是一个指定性偏好的事实。

  4. We may yearn for a simple principle that tells us what is right or wrong in every case, but such principles do not exist.
    我们渴求一个放之四海而皆准的法则来告诉自己何为正确何为错误,但这样的法则并不存在。

  5. They yearn for a secret hiding place, where adults would not venture to follow them in case they ever did anything wrong.
    他们向往有一块隐秘的藏身之地,万一他们做了什么错事,大人们都不会轻易跟随他们去到那里。

  6. Do not they yearn for the freedom of the sky that can not be like the birds fly like the wings of their own?
    难道他们不向往那自由自在的天空,不能象鸟儿那样凭自己的翅膀飞翔?

  7. There is nothing mysterious about this; in every aspect of life, we yearn for things to be regular and parallel.
    这点没有任何神秘的;生活中的每一方面,我们都渴望事物是有规律和对等的。

  8. If you yearn for easy answers and quick solutions, you'll fall prey to people who offer nothing but promises.
    如果你希望凡事皆有简易快速的解决之道,那么你将饱受那些专开空头支票的人的折磨。

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