- a strong and emotional desire渴望；向往 synonym longing
- yearning (for somebody/something) a yearning for a quiet life对宁静生活的向往
- yearning to do something She had no great yearning to go back.她并不十分想回去。🔊🔊
Extra Examples- He looked at her with yearning.他渴慕地看着她。
- I found myself yearning for the end to come.我发现自己渴望结束。
- They had a deep yearning for their homeland.他们深深地怀念着祖国。
- He repressed his yearnings for a quiet life.他克制住了对宁静生活的向往。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + yearningpreposition- with (a) yearning
- yearning after
- yearning for
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