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)
1.to want something a lot, especially something that you know you may not be able to have
1.She yearned to see her mother again, and Robb and Bran and Rickon . . . but it was Jon Snow she thought of most.
她好想再见到母亲，还有罗柏、布兰和瑞肯……不过她最想念的还是琼恩·雪诺。
2.Time flies, we began to understand : Good thing is usually to be hang on the wall for us to miss or retained in our mind to yearned for !
生活了大半辈子的我们有一天会明白：美好通常是用来挂在墙壁上想念或留存在心里去向往的！
3.The old irritation and antagonism which he roused in her was hot in her heart and she yearned to speak tart words.
被他激起来的旧恨宿怨此时还在她心中作用？因此她很想说些刻薄话。
4.This script, it seems to me, is the work of professionals who yearned to be as charming as inspired amateurs can sometimes be.
我觉得，这剧本是一部渴望像灵感涌现的业余作家般迷人的职业写手的作品。
5.A year ago, at the height of the financial panic, the world yearned for a profitable and confident financial sector.
一年前金融恐慌最严重的时候，全球渴望金融业盈利并恢复信心。
6.He yearned for her smile to turn on him. It did not.
他希望她能对他微笑，但是没有。
7.He yearned to ask her to marry him.
他强烈希望要她嫁给他。
8.nor did I pay much attention to the sighs of my master, who yearned to hear his lady's name, since he might not hear her voice.
我对我主人的叹息也不大注意，既然他听不到他夫人的声音，就渴望着听到她的名字。
9.China then, like the Soviet Union, was a bleak place with little other intellectual stimulation. People yearned for provocative ideas.
在那个年代，中国象苏联一样惨淡，几乎没有其他思想的刺激，人们渴望有煽动性的观点。
10.As long yearned for the sea, the ideal boat will certainly be back to enter the boundless blue.
只要心向大海，理想的小舟就一定回驶进无边的蔚蓝。