yearn
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [j?:nj??n]
- 美式音標(biāo) [j??n]
- 國(guó)際音標(biāo) [j?:n]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- vi. 渴望,向往;思念,想念;懷念
詞根記憶
- year(年) + n→一年到頭盼望→盼望,渴望
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- yearning:向往的;渴望的;懷念的。
- adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
- yearningly:思念地;渴望地;同情地。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- yearning:渴望;懷念;同情。
- yearner:向往型;思念者。
- v性質(zhì)的同根詞
- yearning:渴望;向往;想念(yearn的ing形式)。
英漢例句
- Is it not in the nature of all human beings to yearn for freedom?
渴望自由不是人類(lèi)的天性嗎? - She yearned to go back to the south.
她渴望回到南方去。
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
用作不及物動(dòng)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.