hanker

英 [ˈhæŋkə(r)]

美 [ˈhæŋkər]

v.  渴望，渴求(某事物)

现在分词：hankering　过去式：hankered　复数：hankers　过去分词：hankered　第三人称单数：hankers　

TEM8

BNC.22119 / COCA.30477

牛津词典

verb

• 渴望，渴求（某事物）
  to have a strong desire for sth
  1. He had hankered after fame all his life.
     他一生追求名望。
  2. She hankered to go back to Australia.
     她渴望回到澳大利亚。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 渴望;热望
  If youhanker aftersomething, you want it very much.
  1. I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat.
     我渴望有一件长及脚跟的棕色绒面革大衣。

英英释义

verb

• desire strongly or persistently
  Synonym:longyearn

双语例句

• For house-hunters who hanker after central city living with a country quality, the open weekend is an ideal opportunity to prospect for or fantasise about London garden square living and to weigh up the pros and cons of communal space.
  对于那些渴望居住在市中心、又希望享受乡村气息的购房者而言，开放周末是一个理想的机会，可以去探寻或设想伦敦花园广场的居住氛围，并权衡社区环境的优缺点。
• An official, as a professionist, is expected not to hanker for self-interest that only common professionists do, but to insist on the consciousness of government service and erect the professional role morality with the core of dedication.
  官员作为职业者，其社会期望不是正当地追求私利，而是坚持公职意识，树立以奉献为核心的职业角色道德；
• I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat.
  我渴望有一件长及脚跟的棕色绒面革大衣。
• This wet summer makes me hanker after a holiday in the sun.
  潮湿多雨的夏天使我渴望度过一个阳光明媚的假期。
• Even after all these years, I still hanker for a motorbike.
  尽管过了这么些年，我仍然希冀得到一辆摩托车。
• In addition, the improving on data rate of the systems is also our hanker goal.
  另外，对系统速率的不断提高也是人们不懈追求的目标。
• IF YOU hanker after the idealistic spirit of international co-operation, talk to the boss of an emerging-market multinational.
  如果你渴望跨国合作的理想主义精神，那么你和跨国新兴市场的老板就有的聊了。
• They also hanker for advisers to provide a customised, disciplined investment process similar to what most large institutions command.
  他们还渴望顾问们能提供类纪律严明的定制投资程序，就像多数大型机构提供的那样。
• Enterprises hanker after EIP, because it no longer confines to traditional e-commerce and the management information system.
  企业热衷于EIP，因为它不再局限于传统意义上的电子商务和管理信息系统，而是将二者很好的结合。
• Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.
  只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代。