hankering

英 [ˈhæŋkərɪŋ]

美 [ˈhæŋkərɪŋ]

n. (对或做某事的)强烈欲望
v. 渴望，渴求(某事物)
hanker的现在分词

现在分词：hankering　

GRE

BNC.35868 / COCA.33521

牛津词典

noun

（对或做某事的）强烈欲望
a strong desire
1. a hankering for a wealthy lifestyle
  渴望过富裕生活

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 渴望;热望
Ahankering forsomething is a desire or longing for it.
1. From time to time we all get a hankering for something a little different...
  我们每个人偶尔都会渴望有点变化。
2. Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
  你是否一直渴望成为一名演员？

英英释义

noun

a yearning for something or to do something
Synonym:yen

双语例句

If you give way to this hankering for food you will become fat.
如果让步于贪食。你会发胖的。
Most of us have a hankering for the good things on both sides of the line.
我们中间大部分人都热切盼望两方面的好东西。
Detachment, buddy, and only detachment, desirelessness, cessation from all hankering.
超然，巴蒂，唯一的超然，无欲无求，所有的渴望欲望停止。
My husband has been hankering after a new car for a long time.
我的老公一直渴望拥有一部新车。
Problem is, once you are used to life's finest, that hankering can be hard to satisfy.
问题是，一旦习惯了最豪华的生活，要想再上一层楼会十分困难。
Somewhere along the line in one damn incarnation or another, if you like, you not only had a hankering to be an actor or an actress, but to be a good one. You're stuck with it now.
在线路的某个地方，在化身或其他东西里，如果你想要，你不仅能渴望成为一个演员，也能成为一个出色的演员，你想现在是被困住了。
But if you're hankering to escape the crowds this summer, encounter new worlds and come back with a tale, think about some of these destinations.
可是，如果你渴望躲开夏季的人潮，遇见全新的世界，带着传奇归来，那就考虑一下这几个地方吧。
Unfortunately, after a while, you would become accustomed to the great food and the no-hassle travel, and you would be hankering for something even better.
不幸的是，用不了多久，你就会吃腻了珍馐美味，厌倦了专属的旅行，这时候你将开始向往那些好上加好的东西了。
It claims demand has increased steadily since its inception in 2011, particularly for students hankering for placements in banking, finance, law, marketing and technology companies in New York and Los Angeles.
该公司宣称，自从2011年创立以来，需求一直稳步上升，尤其受到那些向往在纽约和洛杉矶的银行、金融机构、律所、市场营销机构以及科技企业实习的学生欢迎。
He actually got the job he was hankering after* as art director.
他最后得到了他梦寐以求的艺术指导的工作。