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

• Thou canst not think, said the minister, glancing aside at Hester Prynne, how my heart dreads this interview, and yearns for it!
  你难以想象，牧师说着，偏过头来瞥了一眼海丝特白兰，我又害怕这次见面，又盼着这次见面的那种心理！
• Everyone yearns for something he doesn't have.
  每个人都渴望得到他没有的东西。
• Man is the only creature on earth that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.
  人类是地球上唯一寻求超越自我，并热衷于追求不可能的目标的生物。
• My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  等我的心神渴想着永恒主的院子、到晕过去；我的心肠我的血肉都欢呼，颂赞我生命之上帝（或译：永活的上帝）。
• Yearns to hear from you when you're away.
  渴望收到你的消息，当你离开的时候。
• Of course. It's the place where every music lover yearns for most.
  当然，那是每个音乐爱好者最向往的地方。
• 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！
• The Queen added: The world yearns for examples of positive transformation and of people overcoming differences.
  女王接着说道：全世界都期盼着有一个好的结果，与克服了困难的人们作为榜样。
• Offscreen, he admits that he likes kids very much himself, he yearns for marriage.
  戏外的他坦言自己很喜欢小孩，也渴望婚姻。
• 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。