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。
• 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。
• Nevertheless, I yearned for a career that would also give me the chance to help the underprivileged.
  可是，我渴望着获得一份职业，使我有机会帮助社会底层的人民。
• He yearned for romance and beauty and love.
  他向往着浪漫，美丽和爱情。
• Her heart yearned for the starving children.
  她可怜那些饥饿的孩子们。
• The busy workers yearned for a vacation.
  这些忙碌的工人盼望有一个假期。
• He yearned for his home and family.
  他渴望回家与家人相聚。
• 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；
• He yearned to ask her to marry him.
  他强烈希望要她嫁给他。
• People have yearned for change in this country.
  人民渴望这个国家能有真正的改变。