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

• 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 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；
• Regarding expensive is the good academic condition and the rigorous academic atmosphere I has yearned.
  对于贵系良好的学术条件和严谨的学术气氛我一直向往不已。
• She yearned for a career that would let her explore her passion for writing.
  她所渴求的是一项能让自己探索写作激情的职业。
• I will take you love your footprints to recover as we have long yearned for freedom.
  我将带着你的爱追随着你的足迹走向我们向往以久的自由。
• He yearned for freedom
  他渴望自由。
• Her heart yearned for the starving children.
  她可怜那些饥饿的孩子们。
• 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 closed his eyes and let himself sink into the half-sleep for which his body yearned.
  他闭上了眼睛，让自己坠入他身体所渴望的半睡眠状态。
• He yearned to ask her to marry him.
  他强烈希望要她嫁给他。