yearn
音标发音
- 英式音标 [jɜ:njɜːn]
- 美式音标 [jɝːn]
- 国际音标 [jə:n]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vi. 渴望,向往;思念,想念;怀念
词根记忆
- year(年) + n→一年到头盼望→盼望,渴望
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- yearning:向往的;渴望的;怀念的。
- adv性质的同根词
- yearningly:思念地;渴望地;同情地。
- n性质的同根词
- yearning:渴望;怀念;同情。
- yearner:向往型;思念者。
- v性质的同根词
- yearning:渴望;向往;想念(yearn的ing形式)。
英汉例句
- Is it not in the nature of all human beings to yearn for freedom?
渴望自由不是人类的天性吗? - She yearned to go back to the south.
她渴望回到南方去。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
S+~+to- v
英英字典
- to wish very strongly, especially for something that you cannot have or something that is very difficult to have
- If someone yearns for something that they are unlikely to get, they want it very much.