yearn 是一个动词,意为"渴望、向往、思念",表达一种强烈而深切的情感需求,通常带有得不到满足的忧伤感。常与介词 for 或不定式 to 搭配使用。
/jɜːrn/
源自古英语 giernan,意为"渴望、追求",与古高地德语 gerōn(渴望)同源。其词根可追溯至原始日耳曼语 gernjan,与表示"热切、乐意"的词根相关。这个词自古英语时期就已存在,千百年来始终保留着"深切渴望"的核心含义。
She yearned for the warmth of her childhood home.
她渴望童年故居的温暖。
After years of living abroad, he yearned to return to the quiet village where he had grown up, longing for the familiar sounds and scents of his youth.
在国外生活多年后,他渴望回到他长大的那个安静小村庄,思念着年少时熟悉的声音与气味。