hankering

英 [ˈhæŋkərɪŋ]

美 [ˈhæŋkərɪŋ]

n.  (对或做某事的)强烈欲望
v.  渴望，渴求(某事物)
hanker的现在分词

现在分词：hankering　

GRE

BNC.35868 / COCA.33521

牛津词典

noun

• （对或做某事的）强烈欲望
  a strong desire
  1. a hankering for a wealthy lifestyle
     渴望过富裕生活

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 渴望;热望
  Ahankering forsomething is a desire or longing for it.
  1. From time to time we all get a hankering for something a little different...
     我们每个人偶尔都会渴望有点变化。
  2. Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
     你是否一直渴望成为一名演员？

英英释义

noun

• a yearning for something or to do something
  Synonym:yen

双语例句

• It has been said that romance is dead in the modern age but our hearts are still hankering for it, it seems.
  有人说现代早已没有真正的浪漫，但我们似乎依然拥有一颗追求浪漫的心。
• All the featured projects not only indicate people's hankering to fashion and new trend, but also supply people with the exact demand of dining environment.
  此书中介绍的设计作品不仅体现了人们对时尚和潮流的追求，同时也满足了他们对于就餐环境品质的向往。
• If you happen to find yourself in the Big Apple with a hankering for delicious borscht, be sure to take yourself to the Carnegie Deli.
  如果你恰好在大苹果（纽约的别称）寻觅美味的罗宋汤，一定要去卡内基熟食店。
• Most of us have a hankering for the good things on both sides of the line.
  我们中间大部分人都热切盼望两方面的好东西。
• Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
  你是否一直渴望成为一名演员？
• Our company really believes that quality is the all, and the customer's satisfaction is just our hankering.
  我们公司全体员工始终坚信质量才是根本，顾客满意的微笑就是我们内心的喜悦。
• Ever since then I've had a hankering to be a fruit grower.
  从那时起，我就渴望成为一个果农。
• But the reader is left hankering to know what Mr Garton Ash thinks about the mess that has succeeded it.
  但读者们想了解加顿•阿什对于政权更迭之后的乱局有何见解的渴望却未得到满足。
• But if you're hankering to escape the crowds this summer, encounter new worlds and come back with a tale, think about some of these destinations.
  可是，如果你渴望躲开夏季的人潮，遇见全新的世界，带着传奇归来，那就考虑一下这几个地方吧。
• And his strongly hankering for art.
  对诗歌艺术美的强烈追求。