yearn是什么意思，yearn怎么用
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yearn
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📰 外刊例句
Her zeal recalls that of another writer yearning for a lost past; Ida Tarbell, whose journalism helped end the monopoly of John Rockefeller, the oil baron who ruined her father. 其意之切，让人想起另一位同样推崇旧时代的作家艾达·塔贝尔。塔贝尔的新闻调查导致摧毁了她父亲的石油大亨约翰·洛克菲勒的垄断终结。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《时代周刊》
📖 基本释义
[verb] have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from
[动词] 强烈渴望某物，通常是某人已经失去或与之分离的东西
💡 深入解读
Yearn 是一个与熟词 learn 只隔首字母不同的单词。该词源自古英语giernan（努力、渴望、寻求、乞求、要求），常作书面用语表示“渴望、渴求、切盼、思慕、向往”，主要指热切不安地强烈渴望某物，常意味着怀着热情或柔情（tenderfeelings）而持续地或苦苦地非常想要某个很难得到或者不能得到的东西，通常是某人已经失去或与之分离的东西，
比如：
He yearns for her love. But she's completely void of charm as far as I can see.他渴望得到她的爱。但依我看她毫无魅力可言。
As a novice, I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down. But she yearns to escape from her office job.作为新手，我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。但她一心想着躲避办公室里的工作。
📚 名著用例
🔍 同近义词辨析
fancy: feel a desire or liking for
covet: yearn to possess or have (something)
lust: feel a strong desire for something
