yearn

英 [jɜːn] 美[jɝn]
  • vi. 渴望,向往;思念,想念;怀念;同情,怜悯

CET6+TEM4IELTSGRECET6常用词汇

词态变化


第三人称单数: yearns;过去式: yearned;过去分词: yearned;现在分词: yearning;

助记提示


1. y -> why + earn => yearn: 为何挣钱如此的令人向往、令人渴望。

中文词源


yearn 渴望

来自PIE*gher,喜欢,想要,鼓励,词源同exhort,hortatory,charisma.

英文词源


yearn
yearn: see eucharist
yearn (v.)
Old English giernan (West Saxon), geornan (Mercian), giorna (Northumbrian) "to strive, be eager, desire, seek for, beg, demand," from Proto-Germanic *gernjan (cognates: Gothic gairnjan "to desire," German begehren "to desire;" Old High German gern, Old Norse gjarn "desirous," Old English georn "eager, desirous," German gern "gladly, willingly"), from PIE root *gher- (5) "to like, want" (see hortatory). Related: Yearned; yearning.

双语例句


1. If you do yearn for chocolate, try a carob bar instead.
你要是非常想吃巧克力,那就嚼根角豆条解馋吧。

来自柯林斯例句

2. This mentalist yearn easily trigger a large - scale consumption campaign.
这种心态容易引发一场大规模消费高潮.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. Is it not in the nature of all human beings to yearn for freedom?
渴望自由不是人类的天性 吗 ?

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. We yearn to surrender our entire being.
我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命.

来自辞典例句

5. Do not yearn in desire toward it , but wait till it reaches you.
你不能欲望中烧,按捺不住, 只能静候它的到来.

来自辞典例句