yearns

英 [jɜːnz]

美 [jɜːrnz]

v.  渴望; 渴求
yearn的第三人称单数

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

• Now living in Iowa, Kimber yearns for a place that offers that same convivial atmosphere.
  现在居住在爱荷华州，金伯渴望这里也有一个地方能够提供同样的欢乐气氛。
• Everyone yearns for something he doesn't have.
  每个人都渴望得到他没有的东西。
• He yearns for order and paints out of necessity;
  他渴望规律，在贫穷的处境中作画；
• I overhear that the hearty man heartily yearns for my harness in the barn.
  我无意中听说那个热忱的人十分向往我的牲口棚中的马具。
• Our country yearns for reform.
  俄罗斯渴望的是改革。
• He is what Voldemort yearns to be-immortal!
  这就是为什么伏地魔称他不朽的原因。
• One man yearns freedom, long for beauty.
  男人向往自由，渴望美好。
• I guess everyone yearns for love.
  我想每个人都渴望爱情吧。
• Thou canst not think, said the minister, glancing aside at Hester Prynne, how my heart dreads this interview, and yearns for it!
  你难以想象，牧师说着，偏过头来瞥了一眼海丝特白兰，我又害怕这次见面，又盼着这次见面的那种心理！
• A part of us yearns, hopes, for something better.
  我们对更好的事物颇有几分追求，颇抱几分希望。