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look longingly at sth/sb
She looked longingly at the chocolate cake.
她渴望地看着巧克力蛋糕。
渴望地；向往地
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渴望地；向往地
in a way that shows strong desire or yearning
She looked longingly at the chocolate cake.
她渴望地看着巧克力蛋糕。
渴望地,向往地。
In a longing manner, with desire, yearningly.
She looked longingly at the chocolate cake in the shop window.
她渴望地看着橱窗里的巧克力蛋糕。
After months abroad, he thought longingly of his mother's cooking.
在国外待了几个月后，他渴望地想起母亲做的菜。
The dog watched longingly as we ate our dinner.
狗渴望地看着我们吃晚餐。
She looked longingly at the chocolate cake.
她渴望地看着巧克力蛋糕。
He sighed longingly as he watched the train leave.
他看着火车离去，渴望地叹了口气。
longingly 常与表示欲望或怀念的动词连用，如 gaze、think、remember。
They longingly remembered their summer holidays.
他们向往地回忆起暑假的时光。
Not this
She gave him a longingly smile.
Use this
She gave him a longing smile.
longingly 是副词，不能修饰名词 smile；应改用形容词 longing 来修饰名词。
Not this
She longingly for her old friend.
Use this
She longed for her old friend.
longingly 是副词，不能单独充当谓语动词；表示“渴望、思念”应使用动词 long for，这里用过去式 longed。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
渴望地看着
She looked longingly at the last piece of cake.
她渴望地看着最后一块蛋糕。
向往地凝视
He gazed longingly out the window at the passing train.
他向往地凝视窗外驶过的火车。
渴望地叹息
She sighed longingly when she thought of her hometown.
她想起家乡时渴望地叹了口气。
渴望地想到
On cold winter nights, he thought longingly of the tropics.
在寒冷的冬夜，他渴望地想到热带地区。
Use longingly naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
long既指“长”也指“渴望”：把渴望拉长，伸长脖子地——就是“渴望地”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：literary writing、personal expression of desire longingly 常表示‘渴望地、向往地’，多用于书面或文学性描写，如眼神、语气中的强烈渴求；口语中也能用，但听起来较有情感色彩。
这些词都带有后缀 -ingly，发音均为 /ɪŋli/，因此词尾听感相同。但它们的重读音节元音不同（如 longingly 的 /ɒ/ 与 lovingly 的 /ʌ/），所以不是严格意义上的完美韵律。注意不要将 longingly 与 rare 词 longly 或 lonley /ˈləʊnli/ 混淆，后者拼写和发音都不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.