The people yearned for peace.
人民渴望和平。
There was a yearning look in his eyes.
他两眼流露出渴望的神情。
She yearned to escape from her office job.
她一心想着躲避办公室里的工作。
1.热望,渴望,切望,极想 (to do)
2.想念,怀念,向往,留恋,恋慕 (for [after] something to somebody)
1.to want something a lot, especially something that you know you may not be able to have
1.Williams said he welcomed it as "indicative of the kind of relationship for which we yearn in all parts of the world" .
Williams对此表示欢迎，称这意味着“我们在世界各地都渴求的一种友好关系”。
2.That would be cruel to Ashley, but would make him yearn for her all the more.
这会使得希礼见了要十分难受，要越发舍不得自己。
3.There is nothing mysterious about this; in every aspect of life, we yearn for things to be regular and parallel.
这点没有任何神秘的；生活中的每一方面，我们都渴望事物是有规律和对等的。
4.I yearn to go on holiday with you, but I'm so busy that I can't help it.
我很想和你们一起去度假，但我事务缠身不能如愿。
5.We do not always want a faithful representation of reality. Sometimes we yearn for a dream.
我们并不总是需要现实的真实展现，有的时候我们需要的是一个梦。
6.it is no doubt that peasants yearn for city life, because all the TV programs show the urban life style they watching everyday.
农民无疑是向往城市生活的，电视天天在向农民传播着现代城市人的生活方式。
7.Brazilians yearn for a state that behaves like the servant of its citizens.
巴西人渴望一个像仆人一样对待他们的国家。
8.I am SaLuSa from Sirius, and note how much you yearn to be our friends.
我是来自天狼星的SaLuSa，是曾经注意你们多年渴望成为你们的同伙。
9.In its story and its execution, TRON: Legacy is the sort of film that tech geeks yearn to see.
在故事和表演技巧上，《创：战纪》是技术控很想去看的那种电影。
10.If I was a bird, you were the sky I yearn for.
第三句如果我是小鸟，那你就是我所向往的天空