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

• When looking up at the starry sky, we are full of longing and yearning for the vast universe.
  在仰望星空的时候，对茫茫宇宙充满了无限的憧憬和向往。
• Pride in the children's achievements is overtaken by the yearning to be with them.
  他们对天伦之乐的渴望已被对子女成就的自豪感取而代之。
• My heart for you with yearning burns.
  我的心为你在渴望中燃烧。
• 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。
• Eco-Eden is people yearning for beautiful to nature.
  生态乐园是人们对大自然的美好向往。
• They will hear my voice, and with the same sense of yearning for their hopes.
  会让他们听到我的心声，和发自内心的对他们的殷殷思念。
• Oh, you know my yearning, burning in my heart.
  哦，你知道我心中燃烧的渴望。
• We are all yearning for the weather to change.
  我们大家都渴望天气有所变化。
• Discarding this, we will discard, also, the eternal yearning of the unsatisfied right armpit.
  丢弃这个，我们也将丢弃得不到满足的右腋窝的无休止的渴望。
• Freedom, my yearning and pursues! For my full time of life!
  自由，我的向往和追求！用一生的时光去争取！