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英 [jɜːn] 美 [jɜːrn]

• v. 渴望；想念；盼望；同情

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 渴望,切盼,向往

   long for or desire

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 渴望（常与for或after连用）
2. 向往
3. 思念
4. 同情
5. 怀念
6. 留恋
7. 切望
8. 极想
9. 盼望
10. 深深感动

n. 名词

1. 渴望

英英释义

Verb:

1. desire strongly or persistently

2. have a desire for something or someone who is not present;

   "She ached for a cigarette"
   "I am pining for my lover"
   

3. have affection for; feel tenderness for

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He yearned to return to his native land.
   他渴望回到故乡。
2. He yearned for a sight of the old, familiar faces.
   他渴望一见那些熟悉的老面孔。
3. The child yearns much toward his friends.
   那小孩很想念他的朋友。
4. They yearned for his return.
   他们盼望着他回来。
5. Her heart yearned for the starving, homeless children.
   她的心怜悯那些挨饿的无家可归的儿童。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Is it not in the nature of all human beings to yearn for freedom?
   渴望自由不是人类的天性吗？

S+～+to- v

1. She yearned to go back to the south.
   她渴望回到南方去。

经典引文

• Phil Mansen was reputed to have a yearn for attractive ladies.

  出自： N. Mailer

• An agony of loneliness made me..yearn for company.

  出自： D. du Maurier

• The boy yearns to be like his idealized father.

  出自： B. Spock

• Urbaal lay..dreaming of the slave girl whom he yearned for with such passion.

  出自： J. A. Michener

• Betty was beginning to pine and to yearn after Beuno.

  出自： A. T. Ellis

词汇搭配

• yearn for 渴望

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. yearn是不及物动词，常与介词for连用，也可接动词不定式作目的状语。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

yearn, long, pine

• 这组词的共同意思是“渴望”。其区别在于:
• 1.pine暗示苦苦思念不可能得到的事物; long暗示有强烈的愿望并付诸努力; yearn则暗示不安地或痛苦地渴望做到某事或得到某物。
• 2.long和yearn后均可跟for短语或不定式,但long是一般用语,用于褒义或贬义均可;而yearn则通常用于高尚的感情或用于诗歌中。例如:
• My brother yearned to return to his native land.我哥哥渴望回故乡。

yearn，long，thirst

• 这些动词均含“渴望”之意。
• yearn通常指急迫不安地渴望或向往，着重怀有柔情或热情。
• long指诚心诚意地渴望某事或物。
• thirst原义指对食物或饮料的渴求，引申指全力以求。

近反义词

【近义词】

• desire 渴望
• crave 渴望
• long 长的
• pine 松树
• hanker 向往
• ache 痛
• thirst 渴望
• want 要
• covet 觊觎
• hunger 饥饿
• for 为
• hope 希望
• long for 渴望
• pine for 渴望
• hope for 希望
• wish for 希望得到
• wish 希望
• yen 日元
• languish 衰弱无力