Old English giernan (West Saxon), geornan (Mercian), giorna (Northumbrian) "to strive, be eager, desire, seek for, beg, demand," from Proto-Germanic *gernjan (cognates: Gothic gairnjan "to desire," German begehren "to desire;" Old High German gern, Old Norse gjarn "desirous," Old English georn "eager, desirous," German gern "gladly, willingly"), from PIE root *gher- (5) "to like, want" (see hortatory). Related: Yearned; yearning.
中文解释
1. y -> why + earn => yearn: 为何挣钱如此的令人向往、令人渴望。
实用例句
1. If you do yearn for chocolate, try a carob bar instead.
你要是非常想吃巧克力，那就嚼根角豆条解馋吧。
来自柯林斯例句
2. This mentalist yearn easily trigger a large - scale consumption campaign.
这种心态容易引发一场大规模消费高潮.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. Is it not in the nature of all human beings to yearn for freedom?
渴望自由不是人类的天性 吗 ?
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. We yearn to surrender our entire being.
我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命.
来自辞典例句
5. Do not yearn in desire toward it , but wait till it reaches you.