| 单词 | yearn |
| 释义 | yearn —yearner, n. /yerrn/, v.i. 1. to have an earnest or strong desire; long: to yearn for a quiet vacation. 2. to feel tenderness; be moved or attracted: They yearned over their delicate child. [bef. 900; ME yernen, OE giernan deriv. of georn eager; akin to ON girna to desire, Gk chaírein to rejoice, Skt háryati (he) desires] Syn. 1. YEARN, LONG, HANKER, PINE all mean to feel a powerful desire for something. YEARN stresses the depth and passionateness of a desire: to yearn to get away and begin a new life; to yearn desperately for recognition. LONG implies a wholehearted desire for something that is or seems unattainable: to long to relive one's childhood; to long for the warmth of summer. HANKER suggests a restless or incessant craving to fulfill some urge or desire: to hanker for a promotion; to hanker after fame and fortune. PINE adds the notion of physical or emotional suffering as a result of the real or apparent hopelessness of one's desire: to pine for one's native land; to pine for a lost love. |
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