yearn第三人称单数

1. 渴望（常与for或after连用）
2. 向往
3. 思念
4. 同情
5. 怀念
6. 留恋
7. 切望
8. 极想
9. 盼望
10. 深深感动

1. 渴望

1. vi. 渴望,切盼,向往 long for or desire

1.渴望;渴求;向往
If someoneyearns for something that they are unlikely to get, they want it very much.

e.g. He yearned for freedom...
他渴望自由。
e.g. I yearned to be a movie actor.
我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。

• yearn for渴望

• Phil Mansen was reputed to have a yearn for attractive ladies.

  出自：N. Mailer

• An agony of loneliness made me..yearn for company.

  出自：D. du Maurier

• The boy yearns to be like his idealized father.

  出自：B. Spock

• Urbaal lay..dreaming of the slave girl whom he yearned for with such passion.

  出自：J. A. Michener

• Betty was beginning to pine and to yearn after Beuno.

  出自：A. T. Ellis

yearn, long, pine

这组词的共同意思是“渴望”。其区别在于:

1.pine暗示苦苦思念不可能得到的事物; long暗示有强烈的愿望并付诸努力; yearn则暗示不安地或痛苦地渴望做到某事或得到某物。

2.long和yearn后均可跟for短语或不定式,但long是一般用语,用于褒义或贬义均可;而yearn则通常用于高尚的感情或用于诗歌中。例如:

My brother yearned to return to his native land.我哥哥渴望回故乡。

yearn，long，thirst

这些动词均含“渴望”之意。

yearn通常指急迫不安地渴望或向往，着重怀有柔情或热情。

long指诚心诚意地渴望某事或物。

thirst原义指对食物或饮料的渴求，引申指全力以求。