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。
• 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 knowledge that would dissolve this cloak of darkness encompassing her illness.
  我急切的想知道治疗她疾病的知识。
• People have yearned for change in this country.
  人民渴望这个国家能有真正的改变。
• I yearned to be a movie actor.
  我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。
• But as a teenager I yearned for heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
  而正值豆蔻年华的我却渴望母女间有一种推心置腹的倾心交谈。
• For everybody introduction, this is a place which I most yearned for, is the swan castle, although did not know, this world does have, a such place, but, he depends on the old stock my dream.
  给大家介绍，这是我最向往的地方，是天鹅城堡，虽然不知道，这个世界到底有没有，这样的一个地方，但是，他还是依旧存着我的梦。
• I yearned for the feeling of being a winner again.
  我渴望再次成为胜利者的感觉。
• He yearned for freedom
  他渴望自由。
• He closed his eyes and let himself sink into the half-sleep for which his body yearned.
  他闭上了眼睛，让自己坠入他身体所渴望的半睡眠状态。