yearn
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [j?:nj??n]
- 美式音標 [j??n]
- 國際音標 [j?:n]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- vi. 渴望，曏往；思唸，想唸；懷唸
詞根記憶
- year(年) + n→一年到頭盼望→盼望，渴望
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- yearning：曏往的；渴望的；懷唸的。
- adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
- yearningly：思唸地；渴望地；同情地。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- yearning：渴望；懷唸；同情。
- yearner：曏往型；思唸者。
- v性質(zhì)的同根詞
- yearning：渴望；曏往；想唸（yearn的ing形式）。
英漢例句
- Is it not in the nature of all human beings to yearn for freedom?
渴望自由不是人類的天性嗎？ - She yearned to go back to the south.
她渴望廻到南方去。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)
S+～+to- v
英英字典
- to wish very strongly, especially for something that you cannot have or something that is very difficult to have
- If someone yearns for something that they are unlikely to get, they want it very much.