| 单词 | yen |
| 释义 | yen (once / 995 pages) 1n 2nv Besides being the name of the Japanese currency, yen (a different yen) means a casual desire. You can have a yen for sushi, and if you're in Japan, you can pay for the sushi with the yen in your wallet. Yen is a casual word––think of it like "hankering." If you have an easy time remembering rhymes, think "I sometimes have a yen, to go back home again." Sometimes yen can even work as a verb––you can yen for pancakes, or yen for truffles, or yen for a time when you yenned for things other than food. WORD FAMILYyen: yenning, yens USAGE EXAMPLESIt was also 1 percent higher on the day at 123.45 yen. Reuters(Dec 30, 2016) That is its worst in five years, with the yen's 22 percent surge in the first half of the year slamming the index. Reuters(Dec 29, 2016) Investors boosted gold as the yield on 10-year US bonds fell while the dollar fell to a 15-day low against the yen. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) 1 n the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen 2Hyper Japanese monetary unit monetary unit in Japan 1n a yearning for something or to do something Syn|Hyper hankering hungriness, longing, yearning prolonged unfulfilled desire or need 2v have a desire for something or someone who is not present Syn|Hypo|Hyper ache, languish, pine, yearn die languish as with love or desire hanker, long, yearn desire strongly or persistently |
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