yearnings

英 [ˈjɜːnɪŋz]

美 [ˈjɜrnɪŋz]

n.  渴望; 向往
yearning的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 渴望;强烈愿望;向往
  Ayearningfor something is a very strong desire for it.
  1. He spoke of his yearning for another child...
     他说起了自己想再要一个孩子的强烈愿望。
  2. He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher.
     他一直渴望当老师。

双语例句

• And then I reached the end, and it turns out that Natasha's brooding artistic yearnings are symptoms of a mental illness for which pregnancy is the cure.
  读到最后我发现，娜塔莎（Natasha）徘徊不去的艺术渴望是一种精神疾病的症状，而怀孕能治这种病。
• His poems are full of unfulfilled yearnings and desires.
  他的诗中充满了对未实现心愿的企盼和渴望。
• The church's spiritual life must have been polluted by my base yearnings.
  教会中的精神生活肯定被我那种低级的渴望污染了。
• They felt strong yearnings toward home.
  他们封家乡有着强烈的思念之情。
• Trans students point out that they're doing exactly what these schools encourage: breaking gender barriers, fulfilling their deepest yearnings and forging ahead even when society tries to hold them back.
  跨性别学生们指出，他们做的正是这些学院所鼓励的：打破性别藩篱，实现内心深处的愿望，不顾社会羁绊而奋勇向前。
• Crumbling markets, huge layoffs and widespread financial panic have unleashed a giant wave of creative yearnings.
  变得颤颤微微的市场，大量下岗还有大面积惊恐已经释放了一个创造力渴求的巨大浪潮。
• Yearnings for love, feelings of compassion, or even religious devotion accompany this time period.
  对爱情的向往、悲悯的感受，或对信仰的热爱都会在这段时间出现。
• Constantly identified with the harshness of moral yearnings, concern for the integrity of beings is painfully demonstrated.
  由于不断地认同与道德渴望的严酷，对于人类尊严的关心，令人痛苦地被证实。
• He knows when the yearnings of love are there.
  何处有爱的渴望，祂都知道。
• That we can never be free of yearnings and anxieties.
  我们永远不能免费憧憬和焦虑。