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

• 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。
• 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。
• Every time I walked by the phone, I yearned to call.
  每次经过电话机旁，我都禁不住想打电话给你。
• I yearned to be a movie actor.
  我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。
• I yearned for the knowledge that would dissolve this cloak of darkness encompassing her illness.
  我急切的想知道治疗她疾病的知识。
• He yearned for freedom
  他渴望自由。
• The busy workers yearned for a vacation.
  这些忙碌的工人盼望有一个假期。
• 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。
• He yearned to see his family again.
  他渴望看到家里的人。