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

• We yearned for beauty, truth and meaning in our lives.
  我们渴望生活中有美、真理和意义。
• 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。
• He yearned for his home and family.
  他渴望回家与家人相聚。
• I will take you love your footprints to recover as we have long yearned for freedom.
  我将带着你的爱追随着你的足迹走向我们向往以久的自由。
• The busy workers yearned for a vacation.
  这些忙碌的工人盼望有一个假期。
• I yearned for the feeling of being a winner again.
  我渴望再次成为胜利者的感觉。
• Nevertheless, I yearned for a career that would also give me the chance to help the underprivileged.
  可是，我渴望着获得一份职业，使我有机会帮助社会底层的人民。
• He, like others, yearned for the enjoyment of whatever he saw enjoyable.
  他象别人那样，渴望欣赏不论什么他看到的可以欣赏的东西。
• 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。
• She yearned for a career that would let her explore her passion for writing.
  她所渴求的是一项能让自己探索写作激情的职业。