pine, long, yearn
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。
- 词义辨析
- 双语例句
1、
Day by day the disappointed lover peaked and pined.
这失恋的人一天天地憔悴下去.
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Her solitary heart naturally pined for other attachments.
她那颗寂寞的心自然要从别处寻找寄托.
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I bring back the remembrance of a Home long desolate, while your poor heart pined away.
我会使你记起那久以毁坏的家, 使你伤心.
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She has pined away dreadfully.
她变得憔悴不堪.
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In the story, the lorn damsel languished and pined away.
在那个故事中, 那位孤寂的少女郁闷不乐,渐渐地消瘦了.
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After so much heartbreak she just pined away.
经历了这么多伤心事之后她日渐憔悴了.
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She has pined away since she got lovesickness.
她自从得了相思病而益发憔悴.
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She almost pined away to nothing.
她几乎骨瘦如柴了.
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He pined and became melancholy.
他衰弱憔悴,意气消沉.
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She pined for her native land.
她苦苦思念她的故乡.
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11、
She had actually pined for his praise.
实际上,她是多么渴望着他的赞美啊!
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Abandoned by her lover, she pined away.
她因遭爱人遗弃而日渐憔悴.
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She lost interest in living and just pined away.
她已了无生趣,日渐憔悴.
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The boy pined away to skin and bone.
这个男孩瘦得皮包骨头.
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She pined for months after he'd gone.
他死了以后，她难过了好几个月。
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