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

• Nevertheless, I yearned for a career that would also give me the chance to help the underprivileged.
  可是，我渴望着获得一份职业，使我有机会帮助社会底层的人民。
• I yearned to be a movie actor.
  我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。
• She yearned for a career that would let her explore her passion for writing.
  她所渴求的是一项能让自己探索写作激情的职业。
• But as a teenager I yearned for heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
  而正值豆蔻年华的我却渴望母女间有一种推心置腹的倾心交谈。
• 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。
• We yearned for beauty, truth and meaning in our lives.
  我们渴望生活中有美、真理和意义。
• 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 romance and beauty and love.
  他向往着浪漫，美丽和爱情。
• Regarding expensive is the good academic condition and the rigorous academic atmosphere I has yearned.
  对于贵系良好的学术条件和严谨的学术气氛我一直向往不已。
• He yearned for freedom
  他渴望自由。