yearn是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)yearn for向往；渴望；神驰

双语例句

(1)To be honest, I did not yearn to be a celebrity at all.

老实说，我一点也不想当名人。

(2)This child has been yearning for his father's return.

这个孩子一直切盼着父亲的归来。

(3)The people here are yearning for peace.

这儿的人们都渴望着和平。

(4)True lovers will always yearn to be back together.

真正的恋人总会渴望重新合体

(5)He loved his wife dearly and will forever yearn for her.

他深爱着他的妻子并将永远想念她。

(6)A few people who yearn for love bename the tree as "Sweethearts bird".

一些对向往爱情的人将这种树取名为“鸳鸯树”。

(7)Both talk modishly of green jobs and yearn nebulously for Britain to start making things again.

他们对绿色工作侃侃而谈，并对重启制造业抱有朦胧的期望。

(8)We don't share a bed any more and I yearn for the day when we can.

我们不再同床而眠，但是我多么渴望有一天我们能够再睡在一起。

(9)You yearn to be not merely richer, but richer than your neighbours.

你强烈渴望不仅要变得更有钱，还要比你的邻居更富有。

(10)But Ms Neiman thinks that people yearn for a sense of moral purpose.

但是Neiman女士认为人们仍然渴望一种道德感。

同义词

vi. 渴望，向往；思念，想念；怀念；同情，怜悯

同根词

词根 yearn

(1)yearning adj. 向往的；渴望的；怀念的n. 渴望；怀念；同情v. 渴望；向往；想念（yearn的ing形式）

(2)yearningly adv. 思念地；渴望地；同情地

(3)yearner n. 向往型；思念者

单词辨析

渴望

(1)long 指诚心诚意地渴望某事或物。

(2)yearn 通常指急迫不安地渴望或向往，着重怀有柔情或热情。

(3)thirst 原义指对食物或饮料的渴求，引申指全力以求。

释义

v.

have an intense feeling of loss or lack and longing for something

怀念；思慕；渴望；切盼

[with infinitive]they yearned to go home

他们渴望回家

[as noun yearning]he felt a yearning for the mountains.

他感受到对山峦的渴望之情。

archaic be filled with compassion or warm feeling

〈古〉 充满同情（或慈爱）

no fellow spirit yearned towards her.

没有同伴同情她。

类似拼写词

yearn v. 怀念；思慕；渴望；切盼；充满同情

year n. 年；年度；岁数；年纪；多年；许久；很久；年级；一年时间；年份

learn v. 学习；学会；教导；背；得知；获悉；记诵

词源

"Old English giernan, from a Germanic base meaning　‘eager’．"

考纲分布

近9年出现3次

重要程度: 4星

100%; vi 渴望; 向往

0%; vi 思念; 想念

考纲释义

( 1)vi. 渴望; 向往

真题例句：

As humans, we yearn for social connection.

作为人类，我们渴望社会联系。[2020年 CET6 阅读理解C]

All of us actually yearn for a slow and calm life.

事实上，我们都渴望过一种平静的慢节奏生活。[2018年 CET6 听力]

( 2)vi. 思念; 想念

必考短语

(1)yearn for向往; 渴望; 神驰

(1)I know, and I do yearn for faster downloads. But there's some poor woman who's gonna pin her hopes on my sperm.

我知道，我的确渴望更快的下载速度，但那些可怜的女人们会把希望寄托在我精子上的。《The Big Bang Theory Season 1》《生活大爆炸 第一季》