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 child has a soul which yearns, and carries a longing on his lap and goes to sleep with it, hoping to find that his dream come true when he wakes up with the morn.
  每个小孩子都有一颗思慕的和切望的灵魂，怀着一种热望去睡觉，希望在早晨醒转时发现他的梦想已成为事实。
• 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。
• He yearns for order and paints out of necessity;
  他渴望规律，在贫穷的处境中作画；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• Every man yearns for sympathy in sorrow.
  每个遇到不幸的人都渴望得到同情。
• One man yearns freedom, long for beauty.
  男人向往自由，渴望美好。