yearn
渴望
常用释义
英音[ jɜːn ]
美音[ jɜːrn ]
变形
第三人称单数:
yearns
现在分词:
yearning
过去式:
yearned
过去分词:
yearned
基本释义
- v. 怀念,渴望
考试频率
六级
考频:近五年出现2次
- vi. 渴望; 向往
例句
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1·As humans, we yearn for social connection.作为人类,我们渴望有社会联系。
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2·All of us actually yearn for a slow and calm life.事实上,我们都渴望一个缓慢而平静的生活。
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3·Every night I yearn for sleep, I strive for it; yet it flutters on ahead of me like a curtain.每天晚上我都渴望睡眠,我努力想要睡着,但睡眠像窗帘一样在我面前飘动。
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4·A few people who yearn for love bename the tree as "Sweethearts bird".一些对向往爱情的人将这种树取名为“鸳鸯树”。
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5·Both talk modishly of green jobs and yearn nebulously for Britain to start making things again.他们对绿色工作侃侃而谈,并对重启制造业抱有朦胧的期望。
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6·We don't share a bed any more and I yearn for the day when we can.我们不再同床而眠,但是我多么渴望有一天我们能够再睡在一起。
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7·You yearn to be not merely richer, but richer than your neighbours.你强烈渴望不仅要变得更有钱,还要比你的邻居更富有。
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8·But Ms Neiman thinks that people yearn for a sense of moral purpose.但是Neiman女士认为人们仍然渴望一种道德感。
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9·Brazilians yearn for a state that behaves like the servant of its citizens.巴西人渴望一个像仆人一样对待他们的国家。
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10·TOWARDS the end of his 27 years in jail, Nelson Mandela began to yearn for a hotplate.就在尼尔森·曼德勒27年牢狱生涯行将结束之时,他特别想能有一个电炉。
网络释义
- yearn for : 渴望
- yearn towards : 向往…;想念
同根词
词根:
yearn
yearning
adj
向往的;渴望的;怀念的
yearningly
adv
思念地;渴望地;同情地
yearning
n
渴望;怀念;同情
yearner
n
向往型;思念者
yearning
v
渴望;向往;想念(yearn的ing形式)