yearns is yearn's Simple Present

yearn

US [jɜrn]
UK [jɜː(r)n]
  • v.渴望；向往
Simple Present：yearns  Present Participle：yearning  Past Tense：yearned  

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Web Definition

v.
1.
热望,渴望,切望,极想 (to do)
2.
想念,怀念,向往,留恋,恋慕 (for [after] something to somebody)

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,渴望渴望,向往向往
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1.
The United States today is in the unhappy situation of a rich and romantic maiden. She yearns hopelessly to be loved for herself alone.
今日的美国处于一个富有而浪漫的少女的可怜境地。她毫无希望地渴望有人仅仅为了她本人而爱她。
jīn rì de měi guó chǔ yú yī gè fù yǒu ér làng màn de shào nǚ de kě lián jìng dì 。 tā háo wú xī wàng de kě wàng yǒu rén jǐn jǐn wèi le tā běn rén ér ài tā 。
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2.
Orange offers a life to be lived to the full, too often not the safe and reliable pair of hands the hard pressed coach yearns for.
黄色给生命带来活力，但常常不是重压下教练们所希望得到的那双安全可靠的手。
huáng sè gěi shēng mìng dài lái huó lì , dàn cháng cháng bú shì zhòng yā xià jiào liàn men suǒ xī wàng dé dào de nà shuāng ān quán kě kào de shǒu 。
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3.
But I would like this life which moves and yearns in me, to be able itself to attain to comeliness, though but in transitory performance.
我希望，我经历并渴望的这次生命，自身能够达到合宜的状态，尽管这需要慢慢过渡。
wǒ xī wàng , wǒ jīng lì bìng kě wàng de zhè cì shēng mìng , zì shēn néng gòu dá dào hé yí de zhuàng tài , jǐn guǎn zhè xū yào màn màn guò dù 。
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4.
The ex-communist Democratic Left is likely to win around a tenth of the vote and yearns to leave the political wilderness.
前民主左派的共产主义政党可能会赢得大约十分之一的选票，但是其渴望拜托荒芜的政坛。
qián mín zhǔ zuǒ pài de gòng chǎn zhǔ yì zhèng dǎng kě néng huì yíng dé dà yuē shí fēn zhī yī de xuǎn piào , dàn shì qí kě wàng bài tuō huāng wú de zhèng tán 。
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5.
What I dread is to get into a rut. One yearns for freshness of thought and ideas.
我害怕的就是墨守成规。人总是向往新思想和新观念的。
wǒ hài pà de jiù shì mò shǒu chéng guī 。 rén zǒng shì xiàng wǎng xīn sī xiǎng hé xīn guān niàn de 。
6.
the gathering is a captivating and sad story of a woman ' s unbroken silence , who yearns to repair damage already done.
《聚会》是个令人神魂颠倒的悲哀故事，一位女人的沉默，她渴望弥补已经造成的伤害。
《 jù huì 》 shì gè lìng rén shén hún diān dǎo de bēi āi gù shi , yī wèi nǚ rén de chén mò , tā kě wàng mí bǔ yǐ jīng zào chéng de shāng hài 。
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7.
That might have been the way to fight the last war, but now, they say, the country yearns for something else.
虽然这在以前也许行得通，但是现在，这个国家渴望一些其他的模式。
suī rán zhè zài yǐ qián yě xǔ xíng de tōng , dàn shì xiàn zài , zhè ge guó jiā kě wàng yì xiē qí tā de mó shì 。
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8.
His character also yearns to be loved by a family (need) but this is blocked by his selfishness and greed.
这个角色同时很渴望家庭的爱，但最终因为他的自私和贪婪没有得到。
zhè ge jué sè tóng shí hěn kě wàng jiā tíng de ài , dàn zuì zhōng yīn wèi tā de zì sī hé tān lán méi yǒu dé dào 。
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9.
Iran, in contrast, refuses to talk to "the Zionist entity" , and its president yearns noisily for Israel's disappearance.
相反，伊朗却拒绝和“犹太复国主义集团”对话，并且其总统还叫嚣渴望以色列消失。
xiāng fǎn , yī lǎng què jù jué hé " yóu tài fù guó zhǔ yì jí tuán " duì huà , bìng qiě qí zǒng tǒng hái jiào xiāo kě wàng yǐ sè liè xiāo shī 。
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10.
Chances are, each of you is comfortable with a different level of physical intimacy: One yearns for more; the other is happy with less.
可能的情况是，夫妻双方可能对亲密接触的可适感不同：一方渴求更多，另一方则渴望更少。
kě néng de qíng kuàng shì , fū qī shuāng fāng kě néng duì qīn mì jiē chù de kě shì gǎn bù tóng : yī fāng kě qiú gèng duō , lìng yī fāng zé kě wàng gèng shǎo 。
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