1·He longed to go home to bed and hide, for there alone he felt safe.
他渴望能回家睡觉并且躲起来，因为只有在那里他才感到安全。
2·Diehards remained and some “ultras” longed for the apocalypse, or at least for taking the fight against the Allies to a redoubt in the Alps, there to die in a final courageous shoot-out.
顽固分子困兽犹斗，一些“激进人士”盼望发生动乱，或至少渴望将抗击盟军的战斗移往阿尔卑斯山的防守阵地，在那里进行最后一场英勇无惧的生死决战。
3·My mind standing on the brink called out, as it were, with an eager waving of hands to the ferryman sailing away across the waves to the other side. For life longed to start on life's journey.
我的心，好似站在河边，热烈地挥舞着手，向那朝着对岸破浪前进的船夫呼喊，因为生命渴望开始生命的旅程。
4·During the 10 years that she lived with me my mother often said she longed to peg out. Occasionally she would ask me and the doctors to finish her off.
和母亲生活的十年间，她常常说渴望去死，有时她会要求我和医生结束她的生命，但多数时候，可以听到她的笑声，感受她的愉悦心情。
5·When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again.
当深深遗憾其间时，他们渴望能在生命中再次地适时大笑和犯糊涂。