音标：[jә:n] ；

vi. 渴望, 想念, 怀念, 同情

v. have affection for; feel tenderness for

词型变化：现在分词 : yearning ; 过去式 : yearned ; 第三人称单数 : yearns ; 过去分词 : yearned ; 名词复数形式 : yearns
考试类型：[六级/托福/IELTS/GRE]

词性分布：

动词100%

yearn的用法和样例：

例句

用作动词(v.)

He yearned to return to his native land.他渴望回到故乡。
He yearned for a sight of the old, familiar faces.他渴望一见那些熟悉的老面孔。
The child yearns much toward his friends.那小孩很想念他的朋友。
They yearned for his return.他们盼望着他回来。
Her heart yearned for the starving, homeless children.她的心怜悯那些挨饿的无家可归的儿童。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

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？

S+～+to- v

She yearned to go back to the south.她渴望回到南方去。

词汇搭配

yearn for渴望

经典引文

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

【近义词】

desire渴望
crave渴望
long长的
pine松树
hanker向往
ache痛
thirst渴望
want要
covet觊觎
hunger 饥饿
for为
hope希望
long for渴望
pine for渴望
hope for希望
wish for希望得到
wish希望
yen日元
languish衰弱无力

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