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hankering

英 [ˈhæŋkərɪŋ]

美 [ˈhæŋkərɪŋ]

n.  (对或做某事的)强烈欲望
v.  渴望,渴求(某事物)
hanker的现在分词

现在分词:hankering 

GRE

BNC.35868 / COCA.33521

牛津词典

    noun

    • (对或做某事的)强烈欲望
      a strong desire
      1. a hankering for a wealthy lifestyle
        渴望过富裕生活

    柯林斯词典

    • N-COUNT 渴望;热望
      Ahankering forsomething is a desire or longing for it.
      1. From time to time we all get a hankering for something a little different...
        我们每个人偶尔都会渴望有点变化。
      2. Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
        你是否一直渴望成为一名演员?

    英英释义

    noun

    • a yearning for something or to do something
        Synonym:yen

      双语例句

      • I'm rather impatient with writers who spend their time hankering after the past.
        那些把时间都花在怀恋过去的作家令我感到很不耐烦。
      • My husband has been hankering after a new car for a long time.
        我的老公一直渴望拥有一部新车。
      • I've got a hankering for Chinese food tonight.
        今晚我想去吃中餐。
      • If you give way to this hankering for food you will become fat.
        如果让步于贪食。你会发胖的。
      • It has been said that romance is dead in the modern age but our hearts are still hankering for it, it seems.
        有人说现代早已没有真正的浪漫,但我们似乎依然拥有一颗追求浪漫的心。
      • All the featured projects not only indicate people's hankering to fashion and new trend, but also supply people with the exact demand of dining environment.
        此书中介绍的设计作品不仅体现了人们对时尚和潮流的追求,同时也满足了他们对于就餐环境品质的向往。
      • Those days are gone and there's no point hankering after them.
        那些日子一去不复返了,再想得到它们是毫无道理的。
      • Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
        你是否一直渴望成为一名演员?
      • Problem is, once you are used to life's finest, that hankering can be hard to satisfy.
        问题是,一旦习惯了最豪华的生活,要想再上一层楼会十分困难。
      • Most of us have a hankering for the good things on both sides of the line.
        我们中间大部分人都热切盼望两方面的好东西。