longings

英 [ˈlɒŋɪŋz]

美 [ˈlɔŋɪŋz]

n.  (对…的)渴望，热望
longing的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 渴望；热望；憧憬
  If you feellongingor alonging forsomething, you have a rather sad feeling because you want it very much.
  1. He felt a longing for the familiar...
     他渴望找到知交。
  2. Imelda spoke of her longing to return home...
     伊美尔达说她期望能够回家。
  3. I was overwhelmed with longing for those innocent days of early childhood.
     我内心充满着对纯真的童年时光的怀念。

双语例句

• I know your longings and I have heard your frequent sighs.
  我认得你的愿望，我听得了你屡发的叹息。
• Old longings nomadic leap, chafing at customs chain again from its brumal sleep wakens the ferine strain.
  长久以来的渴望不时闪动，因为世俗的羁绊而怒火中烧，将再次从冬眠中唤醒那野生的天性。
• Most passionate people who follow their life longings are happy and fulfilled individuals.
  大部分追寻自己生活梦想的热情的人都快乐满足。
• Only a short distance away, German soldiers were listening to the same song, sharing our loneliness and longings.
  仅仅咫尺之遥的地方，德国士兵也正在收听这同一首歌曲，和我们一同感受着孤独与渴望。
• Freedom from desire is not the freedom I want. I want the freedom to fulfil my longings.
  免除欲望并非我想要的自由。我想要的是满足渴望的自由。
• I shall have no time to waste in regrets or longings; there is too much to see.
  我没有时间浪费在后悔或渴望中，有太多的东西要看。
• What kind of longings are working on her?
  她在渴望什么呢？
• So many people ( women in particular) doubt the validity of their feelings or repress their deepest longings because they think they're wrong to have them.
  很多的人（尤其是女人）怀疑他们感觉的正确性，或者压制最深的渴望，因为他们觉得他们不该有。
• The desire to promote evidence of anomalous and paranormal events as genuine springs from deep human longings.
  人类内心深处渴望证明反常、灵异的事件。
• I yelled almost in despair, I'd had such idealistic longings for that girl in that past year and had conscience-stricken hours wondering if I should seduce her because she was so young and all.
  我几乎绝望地叫喊，在那去年我对这女郎是有着理想主义式的渴望及内疚的时刻（因她实在太年轻了，不知道应否诱惑她）。