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yearnHjV:n, $jV:rnvto desire very strongly, esp. something that you cannot have or something that is very difficult to have渴望，切盼，怀念The whole country seems to yearn for its lost empire. [I]整个国家似乎都在怀念其失去的帝国疆土。Is it not in the nature of all human beings to yearn for freedom? [I]渴望自由不是人类的天性吗?Despite his great commercial success he still yearns for critical approval. [I]尽管他在商业上取得了极大的成功，但他仍然渴望得到批评家们的认可。It's better to be happy with what you've got than to be always yearning towards something you can't have. [I]还是满足于已经得到的东西比渴求得不到的东西要好。Sometimes I just yearn to be alone. [+ to infinitive]有时我只是渴望一人独处。
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