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

• I yearned for the feeling of being a winner again.
  我渴望再次成为胜利者的感觉。
• He yearned to ask her to marry him.
  他强烈希望要她嫁给他。
• He yearned for her love.
  他渴望得到她的爱。
• He, like others, yearned for the enjoyment of whatever he saw enjoyable.
  他象别人那样，渴望欣赏不论什么他看到的可以欣赏的东西。
• 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。
• I yearned to be a movie actor.
  我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。
• The busy workers yearned for a vacation.
  这些忙碌的工人盼望有一个假期。
• All That Is yearned to release them and sought within itself for the means to do so.
  一切全有渴望释放它们而在其自身寻找这样做的方法。
• He yearned for romance and beauty and love.
  他向往着浪漫，美丽和爱情。
• He yearned for freedom
  他渴望自由。