| 单词 | yearn |
| 释义 | yearn (once / 458 pages) v To yearn for something is to want it really bad. You might yearn for freedom or you might yearn for a perfect tamale. Usually you yearn for something or someone you can't easily get. If you have a hankering for pie, you could also say that you yearn for it. Yearn also means to feel sweet on someone, or to have affection for something. If your girlfriend moves to Alaska and you’re stuck in Texas, you’d probably yearn for her. And when she comes back to visit, you would still yearn — meaning you’d still feel affection for her. WORD FAMILYyearn: yearned, yearner, yearning, yearns+/yearner: yearners/yearning: yearnings USAGE EXAMPLESOver the years, he said, he yearned to move back. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) The frenzied “media,” and worn-out hospitality staffs and political party gurus yearning to be free. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) But calls to his mother, which he yearned for, usually left him disappointed. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1v desire strongly or persistently Syn|Hypo|Hyper hanker, long ache, languish, pine, yen have a desire for something or someone who is not present dielanguish as with love or desire desire, want feel or have a desire for; want strongly 2v have a desire for something or someone who is not present Syn|Hypo|Hyper ache, languish, pine, yen die languish as with love or desire hanker, long desire strongly or persistently 3v have affection for; feel tenderness for Hyper care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure be fond of; be attached to |
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