词汇精选：yearn的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

v.

渴望，向往 [I]

例句：

In spring I yearn for the country again.

在春天，我渴望重游乡间。

例句：

He yearned for freedom.

他渴望自由。

思念，想念；怀念 [I]

例句：

Don't they yearn the angels guard them?

难道他们真不想念守护他的天使吗？

例句：

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

家是你在流浪时最想念的地方。

二、词义辨析：

yearn,long,thirst

这些动词均含“渴望”之意。yearn通常指急迫不安地渴望或向往，着重怀有柔情或热情。long指诚心诚意地渴望某事或物。thirst原义指对食物或饮料的渴求，引申指全力以求。

三、参考例句：

In spring I yearn for the country again.

在春天，我渴望重游乡间。

Don't they yearn the angels guard them?

难道他们真不想念守护他的天使吗？

But they do seem to yearn for it.

可他们偏要往里走。

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

家是你在流浪时最想念的地方。

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

现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。

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

油价上涨，许多市郊居民开始渴望短途通勤。

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

它们活着是因为他们会爱、会恨、会珍惜、会向往，会鄙视以及会拥抱。

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

我们很多人都很想出去旅游，但是有时很难找到同伴一起去。

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们自己的发展道路，但我们必须驳斥一种谎言，即称那些生活在偏远地方的人不像我们那样渴望自由和自决；称他们不像我们那样渴望尊严和法治。