参考词典中yearn的常规释义:
基本释义
- vi. 渴望,想念,怀念
yearn 渴望,强调非常想得到,不及物动词,常与for \ after 连用。
词形变化
- 时 态:yearned, yearn·ing, yearns名 词:yearn'er
参考例句
- He yearned for a sight of the old, familiar faces.
他渴望见到那些熟悉的老面孔。 - I am yearning to make myself useful.
我想使自己成为有用的人。 - The poet had an ardent yearning for the supernatural.
诗人憧憬超自然的东西。 - She's yearning to meet this writer in person.
她渴望和这位作家见见面。 - The old man's days [yearn] are numbered.
这位老人在世的日子.不长了。
- He yearned for a sight of the old, familiar faces.
英英解释