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yearning

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++yearn·ing /ˈjɜːnɪŋ $ ˈjɜːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable] literary  WANTa strong desire for something 渴望;向往 SYN longingyearning for a yearning for travel 对旅游的渴望yearning to do something He had a deep yearning to return to his home town. 他深深地渴望回到故乡。
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yearningThis is a yearning which mankind insists shall be fulfilled and it has a specialised organ for doing this.It was a yearning far more powerful than any yearning of the senses.How could she feel her whole body yearning for him, when logic and reason told her that it shouldn't be?Call it yearning, or more realistically call it leching or lusting.Already my body was beginning to feel restless: demanding reunification with the object of its yearning.We now look at the gothic exaggeration and moody drama of Victorian landscapes and we learn of their romantic yearnings.Yet despite the vibrant colours Modigliani captured something of the wistful yearning of his nature.yearning forThis yearning for freedom is not going to disappear overnight.
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yearning
yearning /ˈjɜːnɪŋ $ ˈjɜːr-/ noun [uncountable and countable] literary
a strong desire for something
   SYN  longing
    yearning for
    a yearning for travel
    yearning to do something
    He had a deep yearning to return to his home town.


yearn·ingBrE /ˈjɜːnɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈjɜːrnɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] (formal) a strong and emotional desire 渴望;向往 SYN longing ~ (for sb/sth) a yearning for a quiet life对宁静生活的向往~ (to do sth) She had no great yearning to go back. 她并不十分想回去。🔊🔊 yearn·ing·ly BrE /ˈjɜːnɪŋli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈjɜːrnɪŋli/ 🔊 adverb