yearned

英 [jɜːnd]

美 [jɜːrnd]

v.  渴望; 渴求
yearn的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 渴望;渴求;向往
  If someoneyearns forsomething that they are unlikely to get, they want it very much.
  1. He yearned for freedom...
     他渴望自由。
  2. I yearned to be a movie actor.
     我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。

双语例句

• He yearned for wearing a set of descent vesture in front of female schoolmates;
  他渴望穿一身体面的衣裳站在女同学的面前；
• People have yearned for change in this country.
  人民渴望这个国家能有真正的改变。
• He came to love her and hoped to marry her, and thus acquire the wealth and social position for which he yearned.
  结果，他爱上了她并想和她结婚，这样一来，他就可以得到梦寐以求的财富和社会地位。
• How he yearned for her whenever they were separated.
  每当他们分离时，他是多么强烈地思念着她啊。
• He yearned for romance and beauty and love.
  他向往着浪漫，美丽和爱情。
• The busy workers yearned for a vacation.
  这些忙碌的工人盼望有一个假期。
• We yearned for beauty, truth and meaning in our lives.
  我们渴望生活中有美、真理和意义。
• He yearned to see his family again.
  他渴望看到家里的人。
• He yearned for her love.
  他渴望得到她的爱。
• She yearned for his presence.
  她盼望著他的出现。