- 词义辨析
yearn, long, pine
这组词共同的意思是“渴望”。它们的区别在于:
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后都可跟for短语或不定式,但long是一般用语,用于褒义或贬义都可;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
这些动词都含“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。
- 速记技巧
词源词根法
来自PIE*gher,喜欢,想要,鼓励,词源同exhort,hortatory,charisma.=来自PIE*gher,喜欢,想要,鼓励,词源同exhort,hortatory,charisma.
- 近义词
- pine for渴望得到;
- forconj.因为,由于;
- wishv.想要,希望;盼望,祈求;祝愿;
- covetvt.& vi.贪求,觊觎;
- pinen.松树;松木;
- hopev.希望;指望;
- wantv.需要,想要;打算;通缉;照料;
- achen.疼痛;
- hankervi.渴望;渴望得到,渴求;
- hungern.饥饿感;饥饿;渴望;
- cravev.渴望;恳求;
- wish for希望得到;
- desiren.愿望;渴望;肉欲;渴望的人/事;
- longadv.长时间地;很久地;(多)长(时间);始终;
- yenn.日元;渴望,热望;
- hope for希望, 希望得到;盼;
- thirstn.(口)渴;干渴;渴求;
- languishvi.憔悴,潦倒;(草木等)凋萎;失去活力;烦恼,焦思;
- long for渴望, 羡慕;憧憬;想望;思;
- 知识拓展
词组短语
yearn for渴望;yearn towards向往…;想念
- 双语例句 更多例句
If there is one thing one always yearn for and sometime attain, it is human love!
如果有一件人可以永远渴望,而且有时能够得到的东西, 那就是人类的爱!
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This university has rich pedagogical resources , and is a school that students yearn to attend.
这所大学师资力量雄厚, 是所有学子都向往的学校.
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Twenty . I am unique, and unrepeatable. Dare to love and be loved. Yearn for grace.
独一无二的, 而且无法复制. 敢于去爱与被爱.追求荣耀.
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People understandably yearn to return to the good old days of the late 1990 s.
人们希望回到上个世纪90年代末的好时光,这是可以理解的.
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Peddle sometimes pleasant , stop and yearn after solicitting many people.
叫卖声时而入耳,招揽了不少人驻足留恋.
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We don't share a bed any more and I yearn for the day when we can.
我们不再同床而眠,但是我多么渴望有一天我们能够再睡在一起.
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This was the number of nights I yearn for the land, are really able to find?
这一片我向往了多少夜的净土, 是否真的可以去寻找?
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Perhaps, you want your child to yearn for her purchases and even to experience frustration.
你或许希望你的孩子对想买的东西充满渴望,甚至经受挫折.
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We yearn for thecomfort of familiar lies to create a more amenable reality.
耳熟能详的谎言会创造一个较易应付的现实.
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They yearn for the past, because the present policies do not yield much advantage to them.
他们感到现在的一套对他们益处不大, 所以对过去很留恋.
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- 相关词组
- yearn forv.渴望;怀;怀想;向往;
- 今日热词
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- tiresome adj.讨厌的;
- medium adj.中等的;中间的;不深不浅的;n.方式;媒介;巫师;材料;介质;
- attraction n.吸引;[物]引力;魅力;引人注意的东西,有趣的东西;
- let me love you 让我爱你;让我来爱你;让我爱你吧
- emotion n.情绪;强烈的情感;
- exist v.存在;生存;
- possibility n.可能性;机会;潜力;
- Too Big To Fail 大到不能倒;[电影]大而不倒;
- make america great again 让美国再次伟大;让美国再次强大(美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的竞选口号)
- too adv.也;太,过于;(表示感谢)极其;(表示强调)而且,还;
- chew v.咀嚼,嚼碎;(因紧张)咬;n.口香糖;
- mex abbr.military exchange 军用交换机;墨西哥;墨西哥的缩写

