詞彙精選：yearn的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

v.

渴望，嚮往 [I]

例句：

In spring I yearn for the country again.

在春天，我渴望重遊鄉間。

例句：

He yearned for freedom.

他渴望自由。

思念，想念；懷念 [I]

例句：

Don't they yearn the angels guard them?

難道他們真不想念守護他的天使嗎？

例句：

Home is the place you yearn best when you wander here and there.

家是你在流浪時最想念的地方。

二、詞義辨析：

yearn,long,thirst

這些動詞均含“渴望”之意。yearn通常指急迫不安地渴望或嚮往，着重懷有柔情或熱情。long指誠心誠意地渴望某事或物。thirst原義指對食物或飲料的渴求，引申指全力以求。

三、參考例句：

In spring I yearn for the country again.

在春天，我渴望重遊鄉間。

Don't they yearn the angels guard them?

難道他們真不想念守護他的天使嗎？

But they do seem to yearn for it.

可他們偏要往裏走。

Home is the place you yearn best when you wander here and there.

家是你在流浪時最想念的地方。

Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.

現在的很多都市人嚮往那種田園化的生活。

With gas prices high, many suburbanites yearn for a shorter commute.

油價上漲，許多市郊居民開始渴望短途通勤。

They live because they love, hate, cherish, yearn, despise and embrace.

它們活着是因爲他們會愛、會恨、會珍惜、會嚮往，會鄙視以及會擁抱。

For some of us who yearn to travel, it can be difficult to find someone to journey with.

我們很多人都很想出去旅遊，但是有時很難找到同伴一起去。

Different peoples and cultures will follow their own path, but we must reject the lie that those who live in distant places don't yearn for freedom and self-determination just like we do; that they don't somehow yearn for dignity and rule of law just like

不同的民族和文化有他們自己的發展道路，但我們必須駁斥一種謊言，即稱那些生活在偏遠地方的人不像我們那樣渴望自由和自決；稱他們不像我們那樣渴望尊嚴和法治。