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

v.(动词)

1. vi. 渴望,切盼,向往 long for or desire

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

1.渴望;渴求;向往
If someoneyearns for something that they are unlikely to get, they want it very much.

e.g. He yearned for freedom...
他渴望自由。
e.g. I yearned to be a movie actor.
我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。

1. 怀念：当时由于受小人迫害,屈原悲愤投江,屈原死后,楚国人民对他十分怀念(yearn). 为了悼念这位伟大的爱国诗人,每逢五月初五端午节(dragon boat festival)那天,大家都会自发的带着饭菜划船到江中心,把精心准备的可口饭菜投入江里,

2. 盼望：盼望,渴望 盼望(yearn)着,盼望着,新年(year)的脚步到了,终于可以欢欢喜喜过大年了. O(1)man n. 男人o + man → Oman n. 阿曼(阿拉伯国家)在阿曼(Oman)等阿拉伯国家,男人(man)们的社会地位很高. P(1)car n. 小汽车car + p →

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。

• 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

He yearned to return to his native land.

他渴望回到故乡。

He yearned for a sight of the old, familiar faces.

他渴望一见那些熟悉的老面孔。

The child yearns much toward his friends.

那小孩很想念他的朋友。

They yearned for his return.

他们盼望着他回来。

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。

The people yearned for peace.

人民渴望和平。

There was a yearning look in his eyes.

他两眼流露出渴望的神情。

She yearned to escape from her office job.

她一心想着躲避办公室里的工作。

He yearned for freedom...

他渴望自由。

I yearned to be a movie actor.

我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。

If there is one thing one always yearn for and sometime attain, it is human love!

如果有一件人可以永远渴望,而且有时能够得到的东西, 那就是人类的爱!

This was the number of nights I yearn for the land, are really able to find?

这一片我向往了多少夜的净土, 是否真的可以去寻找?

yearn to understand first and to be understood second.

先求了解,再求被了解.

Perhaps, you want your child to yearn for her purchases and even to experience frustration.

你或许希望你的孩子对想买的东西充满渴望,甚至经受挫折.

Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.

现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活.

Twenty . I am unique, and unrepeatable. Dare to love and be loved. yearn for grace.

独一无二的, 而且无法复制. 敢于去爱与被爱.追求荣耀.

We don't share a bed any more and I yearn for the day when we can.

我们不再同床而眠,但是我多么渴望有一天我们能够再睡在一起.

We yearn to surrender our entire being.

我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命.

Every day I think about you, and I yearn to see your smile.

每天当我一想起你就渴望见到你的笑容,虽然我是如此的想念你.

The children in the mountains yearn to have a look at the outside world.

山里的孩子向往着到外面的世界看一看.

Peddle sometimes pleasant , stop and yearn after solicitting many people.

叫卖声时而入耳,招揽了不少人驻足留恋.

They yearn for the past, because the present policies do not yield much advantage to them.

他们感到现在的一套对他们益处不大, 所以对过去很留恋.

Do pregnant women really yearn for sour pickles?

是怀孕的妇女都馋酸泡菜 吗 ?

People understandably yearn to return to the good old days of the late 1990 s.

人们希望回到上个世纪90年代末的好时光,这是可以理解的.

Most of younger yearn for beyond they parents control.

大部分的年轻人都渴望脱离父母的控制.

Above all it will make you yearn for Rowling's next instalment.

更甚者,它将会让你更渴望罗琳的下一本连载.

Dear, how I yearn those happy days together with you!

亲爱的, 好怀念和你在一起那段开心的日子.

We yearn for the Rule of Law, for its regulation and value.

法治以其合法规律性、价值性而为我们向往.

I began to yearn for ( miss ) the days in my hometown.

我开始思念在家乡的日子.

This university has rich pedagogical resources , and is a school that students yearn to attend.

这所大学师资力量雄厚, 是所有学子都向往的学校.

Husbands, too, can yearn for greater closeness and romance.

丈夫也渴望更亲密和浪漫的关系.

Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

你应该做的是, 教他们热爱广阔无垠的海洋.

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 ?

The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails!

虫子越受苦, 我就越想碾碎它们.

We yearn for thecomfort of familiar lies to create a more amenable reality.

耳熟能详的谎言会创造一个较易应付的现实.

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。