yearned

英 [jɜːnd]

美 [jɜːrnd]

v.  渴望; 渴求
yearn的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 渴望;渴求;向往
  If someoneyearns forsomething that they are unlikely to get, they want it very much.
  1. He yearned for freedom...
     他渴望自由。
  2. I yearned to be a movie actor.
     我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。

双语例句

• Never stopped Diana from striving to show the world the love that she herself yearned for.
  从未终止她向世人散播爱心的努力，这份爱正是她所渴望获得的。
• The busy workers yearned for a vacation.
  这些忙碌的工人盼望有一个假期。
• He yearned to see his family again.
  他渴望看到家里的人。
• He yearned for freedom
  他渴望自由。
• He yearned to ask her to marry him.
  他强烈希望要她嫁给他。
• He yearned for romance and beauty and love.
  他向往着浪漫，美丽和爱情。
• He once yearned so frightfully for that occupation, and it was so welcome when it came;
  他曾经严重地渴望那种职业活动，在它出现时他便非常欢迎。
• Her heart yearned for the starving children.
  她可怜那些饥饿的孩子们。
• How he yearned for her whenever they were separated.
  每当他们分离时，他是多么强烈地思念着她啊。
• Every time I walked by the phone, I yearned to call.
  每次经过电话机旁，我都禁不住想打电话给你。