hanker

英 [ˈhæŋkə(r)]

美 [ˈhæŋkər]

v.  渴望，渴求(某事物)

现在分词：hankering　过去式：hankered　复数：hankers　过去分词：hankered　第三人称单数：hankers　

TEM8

BNC.22119 / COCA.30477

牛津词典

verb

• 渴望，渴求（某事物）
  to have a strong desire for sth
  1. He had hankered after fame all his life.
     他一生追求名望。
  2. She hankered to go back to Australia.
     她渴望回到澳大利亚。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 渴望;热望
  If youhanker aftersomething, you want it very much.
  1. I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat.
     我渴望有一件长及脚跟的棕色绒面革大衣。

英英释义

verb

• desire strongly or persistently
  Synonym:longyearn

双语例句

• We all hanker for things that we shouldn't have too much of like ice cream and chocolate or other things that are even worse for body and soul.
  我们常常渴望得到一些不应该拥有太多的东西，例如冰淇淋和巧克力，又或是一些更有损身心的东西。
• However much we may hanker after comfort and security, we have to face reality.
  不管我们多么渴求舒适和安全，我们必须面对现实。
• At last Jack began to hanker after a little excitement.
  后来，杰克又渴望找点儿刺激了。
• But while British women may wish for the 47-year-old's youthful, toned figure, it seems they do not hanker after her toyboy husband, 31-year-old Ashton Kutcher.
  尽管英国女性也许渴望拥有像这个47岁的女星那样年轻、健美的身材，但她们似乎对她的小老公&31岁的阿什顿·库彻并不感兴趣。
• Many of those who liked the idea of restoring America's international prestige also hanker for a bit more urgency.
  希望美国修复国际声誉的许多人，也期盼奥巴马加紧脚步。
• Light is a language to make us sure the idea of designer and his hanker of art.
  光是一种语言，向我们述说设计师的设计理念和艺术追求；
• Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.
  只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代。
• This article introduce four traits of corporate-culture of huawei: ( 1) grandiose hanker, factualistic way;
  本文主要介绍了华为公司企业文化的四个特点：（1）远大的追求，求实的作风；
• I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat.
  我渴望有一件长及脚跟的棕色绒面革大衣。
• In addition, the improving on data rate of the systems is also our hanker goal.
  另外，对系统速率的不断提高也是人们不懈追求的目标。