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

• The busy workers yearned for a vacation.
  这些忙碌的工人盼望有一个假期。
• But as a teenager I yearned for heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
  而正值豆蔻年华的我却渴望母女间有一种推心置腹的倾心交谈。
• 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；
• She yearned for a career that would let her explore her passion for writing.
  她所渴求的是一项能让自己探索写作激情的职业。
• 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。
• She yearned for his presence.
  她盼望著他的出现。
• He yearned to see his family again.
  他渴望看到家里的人。
• All at once I pictured my own father, patiently enduring my nightly accordion practice sessions though he must have yearned for peace and quiet after his long days at the pizza factory.
  突然，我想起了我的父亲。虽然他在比萨厂呆了一整天后一定非常渴望清静，但还是耐心地忍受着我每天晚上练习手风琴的那段时间。
• He closed his eyes and let himself sink into the half-sleep for which his body yearned.
  他闭上了眼睛，让自己坠入他身体所渴望的半睡眠状态。
• He yearned to ask her to marry him.
  他强烈希望要她嫁给他。