yearn

[jɜːn]
  • 释义

  • 渴望;向往;

  • 词义辨析
  • yearn, long, pine
  • 这组词共同的意思是“渴望”。它们的区别在于:
    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后都可跟for短语或不定式,但long是一般用语,用于褒义或贬义都可;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
  • 这些动词都含“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。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    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!

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  • 2、

    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.

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  • 3、

    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.

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  • 4、

    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.

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  • 5、

    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.

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  • 6、

    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.

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  • 7、

    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.

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  • 8、

    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.

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  • 9、

    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.

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  • 10、

    I yearned to be a movie actor.

    我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。

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  • 11、

    The people yearned for peace.

    人民渴望和平。

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  • 12、

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

    我开始思念在家乡的日子.

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  • 13、

    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.

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  • 14、

    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.

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  • 15、

    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 ?

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  • 16、

    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.

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  • 17、

    She yearned to escape from her office job.

    她一心想着躲避办公室里的工作。

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  • 18、

    He yearned for freedom...

    他渴望自由。

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  • 19、

    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?

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  • 20、

    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.

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  • 21、

    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.

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  • 22、

    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.

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  • 23、

    We yearn to surrender our entire being.

    我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命.

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  • 24、

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

    丈夫也渴望更亲密和浪漫的关系.

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  • 25、

    There was a yearning look in his eyes.

    他两眼流露出渴望的神情。

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  • 26、

    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.

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  • 27、

    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.

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  • 28、

    Yearn to understand first and to be understood second.

    先求了解,再求被了解.

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  • 29、

    Do pregnant women really yearn for sour pickles?

    是怀孕的妇女都馋酸泡菜 吗 ?

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  • 30、

    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.

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