英语词汇“yearn”的翻译、意思、用法、释义-英汉双解词典

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单词	yearn
释义	yearn /jɜːn $ jɜːrn/ verb [intransitive] literaryWANT to have a strong desire for something, especially something that is difficult or impossible to get 渴望；向往 SYN longyearn for Hannah yearned for a child. 汉娜渴望有个孩子。yearn to be/do something Phil had yearned to be a pilot from an early age. 菲尔从小就渴望成为一名飞行员。 RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say long for something or long to do something rather than yearn: 在日常英语中，人们一般说 long for sth 或 long to do sth，而不说 yearnShe longed for another child. 她很想再生一个孩子。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusyearn• Hannah yearned for a child, and felt desperately sad whenever she saw other women with their babies.• Some who yearn for children adopt orphans, if they can afford to care for them.• Others may yearn for life on a more even keel but they do not feel entitled to it.• The people yearned for peace, and the chance to rebuild their shattered lives.• No patent remedy exists for these, no chicken soup for the soul, however much we may yearn for ready comfort.• You yearn for some one to talk to.• I yearn for the days before I grew so big.• He yearned to gulp down the coffee that remained, he craved to ask for more.• I have always yearned to travel.yearn for• Hannah yearned for a child.Origin yearn Old English giernanyearn verb →REGISTER1Chinese for to Corpus desire something, strong something have a especially
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