yearn
单词辨析：
尤指渴望得到很难得到的事物，或做难以如愿之事，常伴有些许不安或痛苦。
She yearned for his love.
她渴望得到他的爱。
He yearned to go back to his hometown.
他渴望回到故乡。
指非常强烈、几乎无法控制地渴望某事物，有时甚至是不好的事物。
Many children crave attention.
许多孩子渴望得到关心。
Linda still craves the recognition of her peers.
琳达仍然渴望得到同龄人的认可。
He was craving cigarettes.
他很想抽烟。
强调主观愿望上热切渴望某事物，多指可以达成的事情，常含尽力争取的意味，不用进行时。
We all desire happiness and health.
我们都渴望幸福和健康。
We always desire to live in peace with our neighbours.
我们总是渴望与邻居和睦相处。
She desires to marry him.
她渴望嫁给他。
普通用词，尤指渴望看似不会很快发生的事发生，常后接介词 for 或动词不定式。
I long for the day when my dream can come true.
我渴望有一天能够梦想成真。
So this is what you've been longing for?
这就是你一直所渴求的东西？
We are longing to see you.
我们渴望见到你。
尤指渴望得到不太可能得到的事物，含苦苦思念之意。
John was pining for his homeland back in America.
约翰渴望回到美国的故乡。
She pined for the countryside.
她渴望乡间的生活。
相关例句：
Yearn for the happy life of freedom, will not give up to the pursuit in the beautiful future!
向往自由幸福生活，不会放弃对美好未来的追求！
Other research has shed light on why we often yearn to get back together with a lost love.
另一项研究发现了为何我们总是希望和旧爱复合。
For other men, I yearn.
对于别的男人，我渴望；
It is all I know, all I yearn for, and all that I live for.
是我所知道的全部，所渴望的全部以及为之生活的全部。
We yearn for a happy life, happiness is our aim.
我们向往幸福的生活，幸福才是我们的目的。
How I yearn those happy days together with you!
好怀念和你在一起那段开心的日子。