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

• This is a combo of farewell and unfulfilled longings towards an absent loved one.
  这是个结合了别离与未尽之渴望的组合，对某位已不复存在的爱人。
• I told him about my longings to look for birds in my surroundings, which is not to be a religious Buddhist, but for a reflection on my work for the urban planning, architecture and landscape design.
  虽然并非虔诚的佛教徒，但有一些同感，我喜欢寻找在我周围的鸟类，也来反思在城市规划，建筑设计和景观设计方面的工作。
• But once in a great while the longings of these two generations come together in a way we never really understand.
  难得的是两代的渴望有时会结合在一起，那是我们不曾了解的。
• He may have been in the father's house but he never shared in the longings of the father's heart over the younger son.
  他虽然一直住在父的家中，却从没有明白父亲的心，没有分担父亲挂念弟弟的痛苦。
• 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）。
• I don't forget my own longings which heartily resisted the pronouncement of Justice Holmes, which I read as an undergraduate, that certainty generally is illusion and repose is not our destiny.
  我并没有忘记自己曾经有过的渴望，当时我还是一个本科学生，一面阅读着霍尔姆斯大法官的书，一面拼命抵制着他的宣教。
• 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。
• You have sung to me in my aloneness, and I of your longings have built a tower in the sky.
  你们在我的孤寂中为我歌唱，而我，在空中为你们的渴望建起一座楼阁。
• Rain, gently drop dozen countless for your notes, such as pleading, beg, love and longings!
  雨，轻轻地滴打着无数音符，如对你的倾诉、叩求、热爱和憧憬！