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）。
用法辨析
- yearn是不及物动词，常与介词for连用，也可接动词不定式作目的状语。
v. (动词)
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
词组短语
- yearn after 怀念
- People Yearn 让人留恋
- further yearn 后企慕情境
- I yearn 我的向往
- yearn for 渴望
短语
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.