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 if you're hankering to escape the crowds this summer, encounter new worlds and come back with a tale, think about some of these destinations.
  可是，如果你渴望躲开夏季的人潮，遇见全新的世界，带着传奇归来，那就考虑一下这几个地方吧。
• I got a real hankering.
  我真的很想吃嘛。
• It is no doubt that hankering for the minimum economic cost or the maximum economic profit is an unfailing loyalty for any competitor.
  在市场经济的大搏杀中，追求经济成本最小化或经济利润最大化无疑是经济生活中亘古不变的话题，这势必要求人们尤其是决策者不得不面对大量客观存在的不确定性。
• 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。
• Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
  你是否一直渴望成为一名演员？
• It has been said that romance is dead in the modern age but our hearts are still hankering for it, it seems.
  有人说现代早已没有真正的浪漫，但我们似乎依然拥有一颗追求浪漫的心。
• 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。
• I've got a hankering for Chinese food tonight.
  今晚我想去吃中餐。
• Detachment, buddy, and only detachment, desirelessness, cessation from all hankering.
  超然，巴蒂，唯一的超然，无欲无求，所有的渴望欲望停止。
• Unfortunately, after a while, you would become accustomed to the great food and the no-hassle travel, and you would be hankering for something even better.
  不幸的是，用不了多久，你就会吃腻了珍馐美味，厌倦了专属的旅行，这时候你将开始向往那些好上加好的东西了。