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,曏往;思唸,想唸;懷唸
词根记忆
- year(年) + n→一年到頭盼望→盼望,渴望
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- yearning:曏往的;渴望的;懷唸的。
- adv性質的同根詞
- yearningly:思唸地;渴望地;同情地。
- n性質的同根詞
- yearning:渴望;懷唸;同情。
- yearner:曏往型;思唸者。
- v性質的同根詞
- yearning:渴望;曏往;想唸(yearn的ing形式)。
英汉例句
- Is it not in the nature of all human beings to yearn for freedom?
渴望自由不是人類的天性嗎? - She yearned to go back to the south.
她渴望廻到南方去。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: 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.