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。
He yearned for freedom.
他渴望自由。
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She yearned to be free of that.
她盼望能摆脱它.
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She yearned to go back to the south.
她渴望回到南方去.
《简明英汉词典》
He yearned for the halcyon days of his childhood.
他怀念儿时平静幸福的日子。
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Her heart yearned for the starving children.
她可怜那些饥饿的孩子们.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
He yearned for wearing a set of descent vesture in front of female schoolmates.
他渴望穿一身体面的衣裳站在女同学的面前。
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He yearned after letters from home.
他期盼家里来信.
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The sailors yearned for home.
这些水手怀念家乡.
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She yearned for his presence.
她盼望着他的出现.
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All the gentlemen yearned toward her.
所有的男人都向往着她.
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I yearned to be a movie actor.
我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。
柯林斯例句
He yearned for romance and beauty and love.
他向往着浪漫,美丽和爱情.
辞典例句
He, like others, yearned for the enjoyment of whatever he saw enjoyable.
他象别人那样, 渴望欣赏不论什么他看到的可以欣赏的东西.
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The people yearned for peace.
人民渴望和平。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
She yearned to visit the village where she was born.
她热切盼望能去她出生的那个村子看看.
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