Word · Frequency #15023
yearning
渴望；向往；思念
a deep, often sad longing for something; prolonged unfulfilled desire
- 1.
A wistful or melancholy longing.
一种渴望或忧伤的向往。
- 2.
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
长期未满足的渴望或需求
一种渴望或忧伤的向往。；长期未满足的渴望或需求；渴望；热望；怀念
In use
After months abroad, she felt a deep yearning for her hometown.
His yearnings for a quieter life grew stronger each day.
The old letters filled her with a gentle yearning for the past.
yearning for sth
后接名词或代词。
She felt a deep yearning for her homeland.
她深切渴望回到家乡。
yearning to do sth
后接动词不定式。
He had a yearning to travel the world.
他渴望环游世界。
a yearning + noun
形容词用法，修饰名词。
He gave her a yearning look.
Connections
Collocations
- deep yearning
- 深深的渴望
- He had a deep yearning to see the ocean again.他内心深处渴望再次看到大海。
- yearning for
- 对…的渴望
- Her yearning for peace grew stronger each day.她对和平的渴望与日俱增。
- unfulfilled yearning
- 未实现的渴望
- The poem expresses an unfulfilled yearning for freedom.这首诗表达了未能实现的对于自由的渴望。
- quiet yearning
- 默默的渴望
- There was a quiet yearning in his voice when he spoke of his childhood.当他谈起童年时，声音里有一种默默的渴望。
- lifelong yearning
- 毕生的渴望
- Her lifelong yearning to become a pilot finally came true.她成为飞行员的毕生渴望终于实现了。
- yearning to
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拼写里有 year（年）：经年累月无法满足的渴望，带点惆怅，就是 yearning。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary prose、poetry、reflective writing yearning 是名词，语气较正式，多用于文学、诗歌或抒情性书面表达，表示深切而常带感伤色彩的渴望。日常口语中比较少见，口语里更常说 longing 或 want。
Grammar Note
常与介词 for 连用
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 yearning /ˈjɝnɪŋ/ 押韵：learning, earning, turning, burning, concerning, returning，重读音节均为 /-ɝnɪŋ/。注意：yearling /ˈjɪrlɪŋ/ 和 yarning /ˈjɑrnɪŋ/ 拼写相近，但发音不同，不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.