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

• Most of us have a hankering for the good things on both sides of the line.
  我们中间大部分人都热切盼望两方面的好东西。
• Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
  你是否一直渴望成为一名演员？
• He has been hankering to spend an evening talking with you.
  他一直渴望能找一天跟你谈一晚。
• It is no doubt that hankering for the minimum economic cost or the maximum economic profit is an unfailing loyalty for any competitor.
  在市场经济的大搏杀中，追求经济成本最小化或经济利润最大化无疑是经济生活中亘古不变的话题，这势必要求人们尤其是决策者不得不面对大量客观存在的不确定性。
• Our company really believes that quality is the all, and the customer's satisfaction is just our hankering.
  我们公司全体员工始终坚信质量才是根本，顾客满意的微笑就是我们内心的喜悦。
• What kind of life are hankering for?
  你到底想要一种什么生活方式？
• 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。
• 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。
• Ever since then I've had a hankering to be a fruit grower.
  从那时起，我就渴望成为一个果农。
• The objective of hydrocarbon traps exploration is hankering for maximum pr of it.
  油气圈闭勘探以追求最小投入和最大利润为目的。