longings

英 [ˈlɒŋɪŋz]

美 [ˈlɔŋɪŋz]

n.  (对…的)渴望，热望
longing的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 渴望；热望；憧憬
  If you feellongingor alonging forsomething, you have a rather sad feeling because you want it very much.
  1. He felt a longing for the familiar...
     他渴望找到知交。
  2. Imelda spoke of her longing to return home...
     伊美尔达说她期望能够回家。
  3. I was overwhelmed with longing for those innocent days of early childhood.
     我内心充满着对纯真的童年时光的怀念。

双语例句

• The trees, like the longings of the earth, stand atiptoe to peep at the heaven.
  群树如表示大地的愿望似的，踮起脚来向天空窥望。
• I shall have no time to waste in regrets or longings; there is too much to see.
  我没有时间浪费在后悔或渴望中，有太多的东西要看。
• Old longings nomadic leap, chafing at customs chain again from its brumal sleep wakens the ferine strain.
  长久以来的渴望不时闪动，因为世俗的羁绊而怒火中烧，将再次从冬眠中唤醒那野生的天性。
• But once in a great while the longings of these two generations come together in a way we never really understand.
  难得的是两代的渴望有时会结合在一起，那是我们不曾了解的。
• He may have been in the father's house but he never shared in the longings of the father's heart over the younger son.
  他虽然一直住在父的家中，却从没有明白父亲的心，没有分担父亲挂念弟弟的痛苦。
• Only a short distance away, German soldiers were listening to the same song, sharing our loneliness and longings.
  仅仅咫尺之遥的地方，德国士兵也正在收听这同一首歌曲，和我们一同感受着孤独与渴望。
• Appetite is the keenness of living; it is one of the senses that tells you that you are still curious to exist, that you stillhave an edge on your longings and want to bite into the world and taste its multitudinous flavours and juices.
  食欲是对生存的强烈渴望；这一咸官告诉你，你对生存仍有好奇心，你和欲望和期待仍很旺盛，依然希望咀嚼这大千世界，品尝它五花八门的风味和甜汁儿。
• Life was bearable, without happiness, without grief. So, what you can't wave away is those expectations, secrets, longings, joys and sorrows, as well as ups and downs.
  这种生活也还是可以过下去的，没有欢喜，也没有悲哀。所以，你挥之不去，那时的期盼，秘密，憧憬，悲与喜，真真切切的起落。
• What kind of longings are working on her?
  她在渴望什么呢？
• I told him about my longings to look for birds in my surroundings, which is not to be a religious Buddhist, but for a reflection on my work for the urban planning, architecture and landscape design.
  虽然并非虔诚的佛教徒，但有一些同感，我喜欢寻找在我周围的鸟类，也来反思在城市规划，建筑设计和景观设计方面的工作。