N-VAR [NOUN to-infinitive]渴望;热望;憧憬 If you feel longing or a longing for something, you have a rather sad feeling because you want it very much. 渴望;热望;憧憬
He felt a longing for the familiar. [+ for]
他渴望找到知交。
Imelda spoke of her longing to return home. [+ to-infinitive]
伊美尔达说她期望能够回家。
I was overwhelmed with longing for those innocent days of early childhood.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + LONGING | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤deep, desperate, great, intense, overwhelming, passionate, terrible, wild深深的渴望;強烈的渴望;熱切的渴望◇She had a desperate longing to go back.她熱切渴望着回去。➤sudden突然湧起的渴望▸➤hopeless無望的期盼▸➤nostalgic, wistful對過去的懷念◇a wistful longing for the past對往昔歲月的懷念➤secret內心的渴望▸➤physical, sexual性飢渴➤human人類的渴望◇human longing for truth and meaning人類對真理和人生意義的渴望VERB + LONGING➤be filled with, be full of, feel, have充滿渴望◇He felt an overwhelming longing to hear her voice again.他熱切地渴望能再聽到她的聲音。➤satisfy滿足渴望PREPOSITION➤longing for對⋯的渴望◇his intense longing for privacy他對獨處的強烈渴望