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hanker for sth
hanker for 后接名词，表示渴望获得某事物。
She hankered for a quiet life.
她渴望过上安静的生活。
渴望,想要或期望。
hankers — third person singular of hanker
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渴望,想要或期望。；渴望；热切希望
To crave, want or desire.
She hankered for a quiet life.
她渴望过上安静的生活。
渴望,想要或期望。
To crave, want or desire.
hanker
Base
原形
hankers
3rd person
第三人称单数
hankering
-ing
现在分词
hankered
Past
过去式
hankered
Past participle
过去分词
She hankers for a quiet life.
她渴望平静的生活。
They are hankering to travel abroad.
他们正热切盼望着出国旅行。
He hankered after the old days.
他渴望回到过去的日子。
hanker 常与 for 或 after 连用，表示持久而热切的渴望。
After years of living in the city, she began to hanker for the quiet life of the countryside.
在城市生活多年后，她开始渴望乡村宁静的生活。
He hankered after a chance to study abroad, but never had the money.
他渴望得到一个出国留学的机会，但一直没有钱。
Even though she had a warm coat, she still hankered for a new one every winter.
尽管她有一件暖和的外套，每年冬天她仍然渴望买一件新的。
hanker for 后接名词，表示渴望获得某事物。
She hankered for a quiet life.
她渴望过上安静的生活。
hanker after 比 for 稍显正式，常带有怀旧色彩。
He hankered after the freedoms of his youth.
他渴望重获年轻时的自由。
hanker to 后接动词原形，表示强烈希望做某事。
They hankered to see the ocean.
他们渴望看到大海。
Not this
She hankers a better job.
Use this
She hankers for a better job.
hanker 是不及物动词，不能直接接宾语；表示渴望某物时需加介词 for（或 after）。
Not this
He hankers buying a new phone.
Use this
He hankers to buy a new phone.
hanker 表示渴望做某事时后接带 to 的不定式，不接动名词形式。
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渴望，热切希望得到
After years abroad, he hankered for his mother's cooking.
在国外多年后，他渴望吃到母亲做的菜。
热切向往，渴望
They hankered after the freedom of their youth.
他们热切向往年轻时的自由。
渴望做某事
She hankered to return to her hometown.
她渴望回到家乡。
渴望冒险
The boy hankered for adventure beyond the small town.
这个男孩渴望到小镇以外去冒险。
渴望成名
He hankered after fame but never achieved it.
他渴望成名，却从未实现。
渴望，热切希望得到
After years abroad, she hankers for her hometown's street food.
在国外多年后，她渴望吃到家乡的街头小吃。
向往，渴求
He still hankers after the fame he had in his twenties.
他仍然向往自己二十多岁时拥有的名气。
渴望做某事，很想
I hankered to see the northern lights, so I booked a trip to Iceland.
我渴望看到北极光，所以订了去冰岛的行程。
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把 hanker 联想成 hunger（饥饿）：渴望某物时，就像饿了一样急切难耐。
语域：mixed 常见场景：casual conversation、literary narrative 该词在口语和书面叙述中都可能出现；表达强烈渴望时，语气可轻松也可书面化，常搭配 for/after 或不定式。
这些词与 hanker 押韵：banker、canker、ranker、tanker、anchor（注意 anchor 拼写不同但发音相同）。注意 hanger /ˈhæŋə/ 和 anger /ˈæŋɡə/ 拼写相近但发音不同，缺少 /k/ 或读 /ɡ/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.