| 单词 | yearning |
| 释义 | yearning nounadjective | verb + yearning | preposition adjective➤deep, desperate, great, passionate深深的／极度的／无限的／强烈的渴望▸➤nostalgic, romantic, wistful对往事的怀念；不切实际的向往；对过去的向往➤spiritual精神上的渴望verb + yearning➤feel, have渴求；渴望▸➤express表示渴望➤satisfy满足渴望preposition➤with (a) yearning渴望地◆he looked at her with yearning.他渴慕地看着她。➤yearning after怀念◆he felt a great yearning after his old job.他非常怀念过去干的工作。➤yearning for怀念◆they had a deep yearning for their homeland.他们深深地怀念着祖国。yearning /jɜːnɪŋ; name jɜːrnɪŋ/ [countable, uncountable] (written) a longing渴望；向往◆he repressed his yearnings for a quiet life.他克制住了对宁静生活的向往。◆she had no great yearning to go back.她并不十分想回去。 ➡ see also yearn → long verb note 辨析 longing or yearning?in many cases you can use either word. yearning is more literary than longing and is not used to talk about physical or sexual desires.在许多情况下这两个词可以通用。yearning 的文学色彩较浓厚，不用于指身体需求或性欲。yearning• ⇨ longing/yearning yearningn [u] |
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