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

• 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 romance and beauty and love.
  他向往着浪漫，美丽和爱情。
• She yearned for his presence.
  她盼望著他的出现。
• He yearned for her love.
  他渴望得到她的爱。
• 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 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；
• 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 his home and family.
  他渴望回家与家人相聚。
• 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 once yearned so frightfully for that occupation, and it was so welcome when it came;
  他曾经严重地渴望那种职业活动，在它出现时他便非常欢迎。