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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

      • Thanks to its tropical climate, zoo-wrecking hurricanes and a greater-than-usual number of people with a hankering for fashionably exotic pets, Florida is an invasive-species mecca.
        由于地处热带,而且飓风让动物园面目全非,再加上一大帮珍禽异兽的狂热粉丝,佛罗里达成了这些外来物种的“圣城”。
      • 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。
      • If you happen to find yourself in the Big Apple with a hankering for delicious borscht, be sure to take yourself to the Carnegie Deli.
        如果你恰好在大苹果(纽约的别称)寻觅美味的罗宋汤,一定要去卡内基熟食店。
      • I've got a hankering for Chinese food tonight.
        今晚我想去吃中餐。
      • 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。
      • Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
        你是否一直渴望成为一名演员?
      • Somewhere along the line in one damn incarnation or another, if you like, you not only had a hankering to be an actor or an actress, but to be a good one. You're stuck with it now.
        在线路的某个地方,在化身或其他东西里,如果你想要,你不仅能渴望成为一个演员,也能成为一个出色的演员,你想现在是被困住了。
      • Problem is, once you are used to life's finest, that hankering can be hard to satisfy.
        问题是,一旦习惯了最豪华的生活,要想再上一层楼会十分困难。
      • My husband has been hankering after a new car for a long time.
        我的老公一直渴望拥有一部新车。
      • 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。