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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。
渴望；向往；思念
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渴望；向往；思念
a deep, often sad longing for something; prolonged unfulfilled desire
She felt a deep yearning for her homeland.
她深切渴望回到家乡。
一种渴望或忧伤的向往。
A wistful or melancholy longing.
长期未满足的渴望或需求
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
After months abroad, she felt a deep yearning for her hometown.
在国外待了几个月后，她对家乡感到深深的思念。
His yearnings for a quieter life grew stronger each day.
他对更安静生活的渴望与日俱增。
The old letters filled her with a gentle yearning for the past.
那些旧信让她心中充满了对往昔的淡淡眷恋。
后接名词或代词。
She felt a deep yearning for her homeland.
她深切渴望回到家乡。
后接动词不定式。
He had a yearning to travel the world.
他渴望环游世界。
形容词用法，修饰名词。
He gave her a yearning look.
他用渴望的眼神看着她。
Not this
I have a strong yearn to travel.
Use this
I have a strong yearning to travel.
yearning 是名词，而 yearn 是动词，此处需要名词作宾语。
Not this
He has a yearning to success.
Use this
He has a yearning for success.
yearning 作为名词时，一般用介词 for 引出渴望的对象，而非 to。
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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。
对…的渴望
Her yearning for peace grew stronger each day.
她对和平的渴望与日俱增。
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。
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。
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。
渴望做某事
He could not ignore his yearning to travel the world.
他无法忽视自己渴望环游世界的愿望。
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拼写里有 year（年）：经年累月无法满足的渴望，带点惆怅，就是 yearning。
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。
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