pine for
collocation渴望；苦苦思念
After moving abroad, she often pined for her family.
移居国外后，她常常思念家人。
渴望；思念
pining — present participle of pine
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渴望；思念
to yearn or long intensely for someone or something that is absent
She pines for her family far away.
她思念远方的家人。
憔悴；因痛苦而消瘦或衰弱。
To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.
渴望,渴求到令人痛苦的程度。
To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
为......悲痛或哀悼。
To grieve or mourn for.
渴望不在身边的事物或人
have a desire for something or someone who is not present
pine
Base
原形
pines
3rd person
第三人称单数
pining
-ing
现在分词
pined
Past
过去式
pined
Past participle
过去分词
She pines for her homeland.
她思念故乡。
He pined after his lost love.
他渴望失去的爱。
They are pining for the old days.
他们怀念过去的日子。
通常接介词for或after，表示渴望或思念
He pined to return to his hometown after years abroad.
在国外多年后，他渴望回到家乡。
AI contextual example
The dog pined after its owner left for work.
主人去上班后，这只狗一直思念着他。
AI contextual example
I am pining for my lover
我正苦苦思念着我的恋人。
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渴望；苦苦思念
After moving abroad, she often pined for her family.
移居国外后，她常常思念家人。
因悲伤而憔悴
The old man pined away after losing his wife.
失去妻子后，老人日渐憔悴。
怀念过去
He sometimes pines for the past when life was simpler.
他有时怀念过去生活更简单的日子。
为……忧伤；苦苦思念
Don't pine over lost opportunities; focus on the future.
不要为失去的机会忧伤，要关注未来。
渴望；思念
She still pines for the days she spent in Paris.
她仍然怀念在巴黎度过的日子。
因悲伤而憔悴消瘦
After his wife died, he seemed to pine away.
妻子去世后，他似乎日渐憔悴。
它在思念峡湾呢。
In Monty Python's famous 'Dead Parrot' sketch, the shopkeeper says the parrot is 'pining for the fjords,' an absurd excuse for why it's not alive.
在巨蟒剧团的经典小品《死鹦鹉》中，店主说鹦鹉‘正在思念峡湾’，这是为鹦鹉没活着而编造的荒谬借口。
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联想：一棵松树(pine)立在山头，久久凝望远方——这就是动词pine：渴望到憔悴。
语域：neutral 常见场景：literary texts、formal writing、sentimental contexts 作“渴望、思念”解时（常与 for 搭配），语气通常为中性偏书面，多用于情感表达或文学作品；在日常口语中较少用，更多说 miss 或 want。
通常与for连用
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