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    yen

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Currencies
    yen /jen/ noun  1. [countable] (plural yen)PEC the standard unit of money in Japan: symbol ¥ 日元〔符号为¥〕2  the yen the value of Japanese money in relation to the money of other countries 日元比价 The dollar fell by 24 percent against the yen (=decreased in value in relation to the yen) between 1970 and 1973. 在1970年至1973年间，美元对日元的汇率下跌了24%。3  [singular]WANT a strong desire 渴望，热望yen for a yen for foreign travel 对出国旅行的渴望yen to do something She’d always had a yen to write a book. 她一直渴望写一本书。
    Examples from the Corpus
    yen• You may have a yen to go to a real pub.yen to do something• It fell 1 yen to 910 yen.• Trading house Nissho Iwai Corp. stock rose 38 yen to 581 yen -- the highest close since January 9,1992.• Smelting rose 4 yen to 436.• Honda Motor Co. lost as much as 40 yen to 2,310.• Sumitomo Metal Mining shares fell 40 yen to 1,000.• Sakura bank fell as much as 50 yen to 1,190 yen.• Dad was only sixty, a journalist with a yen to write a book.• This, in turn, has helped government-bond yields to rise and the yen to appreciate.    From Longman Business Dictionaryyenyen /jen/ noun (plural yen) [countable] the standard unit of money in JapanThe company already has debts of 127 billion Yen.The dollar closed at 125.75 yen on the Tokyo foreign exchange market.Origin yen 1. (1800-1900) Japanese en, from Chinese yuan; → YUAN2. (1900-2000) Chinese yan
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    yen
    yen /jen/ noun
     Sense 1-2
     Date: 1800-1900
     Language: Japanese
     Origin: en, from Chinese yuan; ⇨ yuan
     Sense 3
     Date: 1900-2000
     Language: Chinese
     Origin: yan
    1. [countable] (plural yen) the standard unit of money in Japan: symbol ¥
    2. the yen the value of Japanese money in relation to the money of other countries:
        The dollar fell by 24 percent against the yen (=decreased in value in relation to the yen) between 1970 and 1973.
    3. [singular] a strong desire
        yen for
        a yen for foreign travel
        yen to do something
        She’d always had a yen to write a book.


    yenBrE /jen/ 🔊NAmE /jen/ 🔊 noun (
    plural
    yen    )     [countable] the unit of money in Japan 日元（日本货币单位）    the yen [singular] (finance 金融) the value of the yen compared with the value of the money of other countries 日元比价 [countable, usually singular] ~ (for sth/to do sth) a strong desire 强烈的欲望；渴望 SYN longing ◆I've always had a yen to travel around the world. 我一直非常渴望周游世界。🔊🔊