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

• 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。
• He came to love her and hoped to marry her, and thus acquire the wealth and social position for which he yearned.
  结果，他爱上了她并想和她结婚，这样一来，他就可以得到梦寐以求的财富和社会地位。
• 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。
• He yearned for her love.
  他渴望得到她的爱。
• He yearned to ask her to marry him.
  他强烈希望要她嫁给他。
• 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, 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。
• Her heart yearned for the starving children.
  她可怜那些饥饿的孩子们。
• We yearned for beauty, truth and meaning in our lives.
  我们渴望生活中有美、真理和意义。
• He yearned for freedom
  他渴望自由。