yearn的解释是什么

1. 渴望（常与for或after连用）
2. 向往
3. 思念
4. 同情
5. 怀念
6. 留恋
7. 切望
8. 极想
9. 盼望
10. 深深感动

1. 渴望

1. desire strongly or persistently
2. have a desire for something or someone who is not present;

   "She ached for a cigarette"
   "I am pining for my lover"
   

3. have affection for; feel tenderness for

1.渴望;渴求;向往
If someoneyearns for something that they are unlikely to get, they want it very much.

e.g. He yearned for freedom...
他渴望自由。
e.g. I yearned to be a movie actor.
我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。

1. Is it not in the nature of all human beings to yearn for freedom?
   渴望自由不是人类的天性吗？

1. She yearned to go back to the south.
   她渴望回到南方去。

• yearn for渴望

yearn, long, pine

这组词的共同意思是“渴望”。其区别在于:

1.pine暗示苦苦思念不可能得到的事物; long暗示有强烈的愿望并付诸努力; yearn则暗示不安地或痛苦地渴望做到某事或得到某物。

2.long和yearn后均可跟for短语或不定式,但long是一般用语,用于褒义或贬义均可;而yearn则通常用于高尚的感情或用于诗歌中。例如:

My brother yearned to return to his native land.我哥哥渴望回故乡。

yearn，long，thirst

这些动词均含“渴望”之意。

yearn通常指急迫不安地渴望或向往，着重怀有柔情或热情。

long指诚心诚意地渴望某事或物。

thirst原义指对食物或饮料的渴求，引申指全力以求。