hanker

英 [ˈhæŋkə(r)]

美 [ˈhæŋkər]

v. 渴望，渴求(某事物)

现在分词：hankering　过去式：hankered　复数：hankers　过去分词：hankered　第三人称单数：hankers　

TEM8

BNC.22119 / COCA.30477

牛津词典

verb

渴望，渴求（某事物）
to have a strong desire for sth
1. He had hankered after fame all his life.
  他一生追求名望。
2. She hankered to go back to Australia.
  她渴望回到澳大利亚。

柯林斯词典

VERB 渴望;热望
If youhanker aftersomething, you want it very much.
1. I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat.
  我渴望有一件长及脚跟的棕色绒面革大衣。

英英释义

verb

desire strongly or persistently
Synonym:longyearn

双语例句

They also hanker for advisers to provide a customised, disciplined investment process similar to what most large institutions command.
他们还渴望顾问们能提供类纪律严明的定制投资程序，就像多数大型机构提供的那样。
IF YOU hanker after the idealistic spirit of international co-operation, talk to the boss of an emerging-market multinational.
如果你渴望跨国合作的理想主义精神，那么你和跨国新兴市场的老板就有的聊了。
His topping personal quality was prominently manifested in his profound thinking about the meaning of life, the unremitting hanker for peace and right of mankind, and the search for scientific morality and beauty.
他的杰出人文素质最突出地表现在：他对人生意义的深刻思考，对人类和平与正义的不懈追求以及对科学道德和科学美的探求。
Furthermore, enterprises hanker after the self-built logistics, not outsource logistics business, which make it difficult for logistics enterprises of our country to develop healthy. Why do enterprises of our country make little progress in logistics outsourcing?
而且，由于企业热衷于自建物流、不进行物流外包，还使得我国物流企业发展艰难，相当多的物流企业吃不饱、长不大，甚至因此而夭亡。
What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?
你在监狱时最渴望的是什么？
However much we may hanker after comfort and security, we have to face reality.
不管我们多么渴求舒适和安全，我们必须面对现实。
Many of those who liked the idea of restoring America's international prestige also hanker for a bit more urgency.
希望美国修复国际声誉的许多人，也期盼奥巴马加紧脚步。
Light is a language to make us sure the idea of designer and his hanker of art.
光是一种语言，向我们述说设计师的设计理念和艺术追求；
Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.
只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代。
Hanker for fame [ praise]
追求名声[赞美]