1.wanted very much for a long time
1.She had concentrated on her job of teaching other people' s children. Sometimes she longed for one of her own.
她一直潜心于她的工作——教育别人的孩子。有时候她也渴望自己有个孩子。
2.It had never occurred to her that Melanie missed Atlanta so much and longed to be back, longed for a home of her own.
她从来没想到媚兰这样留恋亚特兰大，盼着回去，盼着有一个自己的家。
3.Sometimes, late at night it will let us be lonely, that formidable sexual desire longed for that will float the heart.
有时候，深夜会让我与她非常寂寞与孤独，那股强大的性欲渴望就会浮上心头。
4.I had longed for one perfect diamond and all I seemed to have was a man who thought a woman's place was in the kitchen.
我渴望一个精美的钻戒，然而似乎我所得到的却是这样一个男人，他把女人的位置放在厨房中。
5.He was an old man now, alone and longed for the comfort that he knew no other person would ever be able to give to him again.
他现在是个老人了，孤单一人，渴望得到慰藉，而他清楚这慰藉是没有别的什么人能够再给予他的。
6.Here you have the one great desire of God, that moved Him in the work of redemption. His heart longed for man, to dwell with him and in him.
在这里看见神一个伟大的心愿，感动他做成救赎的工作。他的心乃是巴望与人同住。也住在人里面。
7.David longed for water and said, 'Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem! '
大卫渴想，说，甚愿有人将伯利恒城门旁井里的水打来给我喝。
8.Mr Smedley, with the drudgery of the office a thing of the past, exulted in the sense of freedom that came from his longed-for release.
斯梅德利先生不再干那单调乏味的办公室工作了，他因得到了盼望已久的宽松而陶然于自由自在的感觉之中。
9.She longed for him to ask her to dance.
她巴不得他邀请自己跳舞。
10.In the sultry weather of that week I longed for a real storm to break and clear the air.
那个星期，天气闷热，我一直希望好好下一场大雨，使空气清新一下。