詞語：yearn
yearn是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
yearn
[jE:n]
vi.
渴望, 想念, 懷念, 嚮往
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
yearn
yearn
AHD:[y?rn]
D.J.[j*8n]
K.K.[j)n]
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
yearned， yearn.ing， yearns
(1)To have a strong, often melancholy desire.
渴望：懷有強烈、經常是憂愁的願望
(2)To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness:
同情：深深地感到惋惜、同情或憐憫：
yearned over the poor child's fate.
深深地同情那些窮孩子的命運
語源
(1)Middle English yernen
中古英語 yernen
(2)from Old English geornan, giernan * see gher- 2
源自 古英語 geornan, giernan *參見 gher- 2
繼承用法
yearn「er
n.（名詞）
yearn「ingly
adv.（副詞）
參考詞彙
(1)yearn， long， pine， hanker， hunger， thirst
(2)These verbs mean to have a strong desire for something.
這些動詞表示對某事物懷有強烈的渴望。
(3)Yearn and long both stress earnest, heartfelt, often melancholy desire, as for the return of something lost or the attainment of something unfulfilled or beyond reach:
Yearn 和long 都強調真誠的、衷心的、常為感傷的願望， 如希望回復失去的事物或得到無法實現的、超出能力所及的事物：
「She yearned for reconciliation」 (W.H. Hudson).
「她渴望和好」 (W.H.哈德森）。
「You don't really long for another country. You long for something in yourself that you don't have, or haven't been able to find」 (John Cheever).
「你並不是真正渴望另一個家園。你渴望的是你內心中沒有或還未找到的東西」 （約翰·奇弗）。
(4)Pine implies a lingering, often nostalgic desire that saps strength or spirit:
Pine 表示消耗力量或精神的、留戀不捨且經常是懷舊的渴望：
「Like all sailors ashore, I at last pined for the billows」 (Herman Melville).
「就像所有呆在岸上的水手，我最終還是念念不忘那滔天巨浪」 （荷曼·麥爾維爾）。
(5)Hanker refers to a persistent or restless desire:
Hanker 指的是一種持久或不停息的慾望：
「What business had he to be hankering after this girl at all!」 (John Galsworthy).
「究竟有什麼使得他整天思念這個姑娘!" （約翰·高爾斯華綏）。
(6)Hunger and thirst are applied to compelling desire likened to the need for food or drink:
Hunger 和thirst 用於象需要食物或飲料一樣的渴望：
The child hungered for approval.
孩子渴望贊同。
Actors thirst for acclaim.
演員渴望喝彩
現代英漢詞典
yearn
[j\:n]
vi.
（常與for, after, to連用）盼望，渴望
to yearn for an end to the war
盼望戰爭結束
They yearned for his return.
他們盼望著他回來。
He yearned for home.
他想家。
He yearned to see his family again.
他渴望看到家裡的人。
現代英漢綜合大辭典
yearn
[jE:n]
vi.
[後常與for [after] sth.; to [towards] sb. 連用]
(1)渴望, 思念, 留戀
(2)懷念, 憐憫
yearn for rest
渴望休息
Her heart yearned for the starving children.
她可憐那些飢餓的孩子們。
詞性變化
yearn
[jE:n]
n.
渴望, 懷念
繼承用法
yearner
n.
yearnful
詞性變化
yearn
[jE:n]
adj.
yearnfully
adv.
英文相關詞典
yearn
cravedesirehope forlong forpine for
美國傳統詞典
yearn
yearn
AHD:[y?rn]
D.J.[j*8n]
K.K.[j)n]
v.intr.
yearned, yearn.ing, yearns
(1)To have a strong, often melancholy desire.
(2)To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness:
yearned over the poor child's fate.
語源
(1)Middle English yernen
(2)from Old English geornan, giernan * see gher- 2
繼承用法
yearn「er
n.
yearn「ingly
adv.
參考詞彙
(1)yearn, long, pine, hanker, hunger, thirst
(2)These verbs mean to have a strong desire for something.
(3)Yearn and long both stress earnest, heartfelt, often melancholy desire, as for the return of something lost or the attainment of something unfulfilled or beyond reach:
「She yearned for reconciliation」 (W.H. Hudson).
「You don't really long for another country. You long for something in yourself that you don't have, or haven't been able to find」 (John Cheever).
(4)Pine implies a lingering, often nostalgic desire that saps strength or spirit:
「Like all sailors ashore, I at last pined for the billows」 (Herman Melville).
(5)Hanker refers to a persistent or restless desire:
「What business had he to be hankering after this girl at all!」 (John Galsworthy).
(6)Hunger and thirst are applied to compelling desire likened to the need for food or drink:
The child hungered for approval.
Actors thirst for acclaim.
英漢航海大詞典
yearn
n.想念
英漢化學大詞典
yearn
vt.想念
英漢經貿大詞典
yearn
n.想念
英漢計算機大詞典
yearn
vt.想念