hankering

英 [ˈhæŋkərɪŋ]

美 [ˈhæŋkərɪŋ]

n. (对或做某事的)强烈欲望
v. 渴望，渴求(某事物)
hanker的现在分词

现在分词：hankering　

GRE

BNC.35868 / COCA.33521

牛津词典

noun

（对或做某事的）强烈欲望
a strong desire
1. a hankering for a wealthy lifestyle
  渴望过富裕生活

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 渴望;热望
Ahankering forsomething is a desire or longing for it.
1. From time to time we all get a hankering for something a little different...
  我们每个人偶尔都会渴望有点变化。
2. Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
  你是否一直渴望成为一名演员？

英英释义

noun

a yearning for something or to do something
Synonym:yen

双语例句

But the reader is left hankering to know what Mr Garton Ash thinks about the mess that has succeeded it.
但读者们想了解加顿•阿什对于政权更迭之后的乱局有何见解的渴望却未得到满足。
Most of us have a hankering for the good things on both sides of the line.
我们中间大部分人都热切盼望两方面的好东西。
Thanks to its tropical climate, zoo-wrecking hurricanes and a greater-than-usual number of people with a hankering for fashionably exotic pets, Florida is an invasive-species mecca.
由于地处热带，而且飓风让动物园面目全非，再加上一大帮珍禽异兽的狂热粉丝，佛罗里达成了这些外来物种的“圣城”。
My husband has been hankering after a new car for a long time.
我的老公一直渴望拥有一部新车。
Ever since then I've had a hankering to be a fruit grower.
从那时起，我就渴望成为一个果农。
Those days are gone and there's no point hankering after them.
那些日子一去不复返了，再想得到它们是毫无道理的。
It claims demand has increased steadily since its inception in 2011, particularly for students hankering for placements in banking, finance, law, marketing and technology companies in New York and Los Angeles.
该公司宣称，自从2011年创立以来，需求一直稳步上升，尤其受到那些向往在纽约和洛杉矶的银行、金融机构、律所、市场营销机构以及科技企业实习的学生欢迎。
If you have a consistent opportunity to report your progress on projects, you may have less of a hankering for praise, says Bruce Tulgan, a new haven, Conn.-based consultant and author of not everyone gets a trophy.
如果你定期有机会汇报项目进展，或许就不会那么渴望获得表扬，康涅狄格州纽海文咨询师《不是人人都能夺冠》（NotEveryoneGetsaTrophy）的作者布鲁斯•塔尔干表示。
I got a real hankering.
我真的很想吃嘛。
The objective of hydrocarbon traps exploration is hankering for maximum pr of it.
油气圈闭勘探以追求最小投入和最大利润为目的。