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单词 yearn
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yearnverb [ I ]

uk/jɜːn/us/jɝːn/

C2 to wish very strongly, especially for something that you cannot have or something that is very difficult to have:

Despite his great commercial success he still yearns for critical approval.
[ + to infinitive ] Sometimes I just yearn to be alone.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Wanting things

  • ache for sth
  • acquisitive
  • ambitious
  • angle
  • angle for sth
  • aspirant
  • burn
  • fancy
  • finger
  • hang the cost/expense idiom
  • hanker after/for sth
  • have your eye on sth idiom
  • hunger
  • hunger after/for sth
  • set your sights on sth idiom
  • shook
  • sight
  • sth is calling you idiom
  • straw
  • tempt

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yearnverb [ I ]

us/jɜrn/

to desire something strongly, esp. something difficult or impossible to obtain:

[ + to infinitive ] Joy yearns to earn enough money from her job as a doctor’s assistant for her to become independent.
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