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单词

yearn

读音
jɜːrn
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词根

"Yearn"的词根源于古英语 "geornan",意为积极的欲望或追求。

释义

vi. 渴望,向往;思念,想念;怀念 [ 第三人称单数 yearns 现在分词 yearning 过去式 yearned 过去分词 yearned ]

例句

All of us actually yearn for a slow and calm life.
事实上,我们都渴望一个缓慢而平静的生活。
Every night I yearn for sleep, I strive for it; yet it flutters on ahead of me like a curtain.
每天晚上我都渴望睡眠,我努力想要睡着,但睡眠像窗帘一样在我面前飘动。
A few people who yearn for love bename the tree as "Sweethearts bird".
一些对向往爱情的人将这种树取名为“鸳鸯树”。

强化记忆

可以体会到 "yearn" 这个词的强烈的情感感染力来记住它。你可以把它和你个人的经历或者情感经历联系起来,比如你可能会渴望一种生活方式,或者某一个人,或者某一次机会,通过这种个人化的方式,会很容易记住 "yearn" 这个词。"Yearn"这个词源于古英语中的"geornan",在中古英语时期发展为 "yernen",直到现代英语中成为"yearn"。过去,这个单词的含义是积极的欲望或追求。到了现代英语中,是表达一种强烈的渴望和欣念的含义。

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So the question I want to leave you with is:What do you most yearn for?Do you yearn to defend your own beliefs?
JG: So, what are you curious about?JB: What's the conversation you yearn to have?JG: Let's do this together.
What do you most yearn for?Do you yearn to defend your own beliefs?Or do you yearn to see the world as clearly as you possibly can?
the power that comes from this community,I began to yearn for a less sterile,less academic way to address these issues,
and distribute the work.Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."In other words, I claim,
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大学,专四专八,其他

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