yearns

英[jɜːn] 美[jɜːrn]
  • v.渴望;想念;盼望;同情
yearningly yearner yearned yearned yearning yearns
  • change n.变化;零钱v.改变
  • yearly adj.每年的adv.每年地;一年一次地
    v. (动词)
    1. 渴望(常与for或after连用)
    2. 向往
    3. 思念
    4. 同情
    5. 怀念
    6. 留恋
    7. 切望
    8. 极想
    9. 盼望
    10. 深深感动
    n. (名词)
    1. 渴望
    v. (动词)
    1. vi. 渴望,切盼,向往 long for or desire

英英释义

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

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. He yearned to return to his native land.
      他渴望回到故乡。
    2. He yearned for a sight of the old, familiar faces.
      他渴望一见那些熟悉的老面孔。
    3. The child yearns much toward his friends.
      那小孩很想念他的朋友。
    4. They yearned for his return.
      他们盼望着他回来。
    5. Her heart yearned for the starving, homeless children.
      她的心怜悯那些挨饿的无家可归的儿童。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作不及物动词 S+~(+A)
    1. 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?
    S+~+to- v
    1. She yearned to go back to the south.
      她渴望回到南方去。
v. (动词)
  1. yearn是不及物动词,常与介词for连用,也可接动词不定式作目的状语。
v. (动词)
yearn, long, pine
  • 这组词的共同意思是“渴望”。其区别在于:
  • 1.pine暗示苦苦思念不可能得到的事物; long暗示有强烈的愿望并付诸努力; yearn则暗示不安地或痛苦地渴望做到某事或得到某物。
  • 2.long和yearn后均可跟for短语或不定式,但long是一般用语,用于褒义或贬义均可;而yearn则通常用于高尚的感情或用于诗歌中。例如:
  • My brother yearned to return to his native land.我哥哥渴望回故乡。
  • yearn,long,thirst
  • 这些动词均含“渴望”之意。
  • 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。