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

• Every Chinese suffering from the disasters of the war and fighting for the survival of his nation daily yearns for victory.
  身受战争灾难、为着自己民族的生存而奋斗的每一个中国人，无日不在渴望战争的胜利。
• 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。
• Just as every American boy yearns to be a football quarter-back, so girls yearn to head the cheerleading squad, amidst vicious real-life rivalry.
  正像每个美国男孩儿都想成为美式足球场上的四分卫一样，每个女孩儿也都渴望在怀有恶意的真实竞争中，成为啦啦队队长。
• What I dread is to get into a rut. One yearns for freshness of thought and ideas.
  我害怕的就是墨守成规。人总是向往新思想和新观念的。
• He nevertheless intends to open more Cherish Yearns.
  不过，他还是计划建立更多的亲和源社区。
• 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。
• Joey yearns for Kate, but since he can't have her, he goes out with her understudy;
  乔伊非常喜欢凯特，不过却搭不上手，只好和第二女主角约会；
• 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。
• Every man yearns for sympathy in sorrow.
  每个遇到不幸的人都渴望得到同情。
• But the most shocking truth is this: Almighty God yearns to be your Friend!
  但最令人震撼的事是一全能的神渴望成为你的好朋友！