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

• If you have a consistent opportunity to report your progress on projects, you may have less of a hankering for praise, says Bruce Tulgan, a new haven, Conn.-based consultant and author of not everyone gets a trophy.
  如果你定期有机会汇报项目进展，或许就不会那么渴望获得表扬，康涅狄格州纽海文咨询师《不是人人都能夺冠》（NotEveryoneGetsaTrophy）的作者布鲁斯•塔尔干表示。
• Somewhere along the line in one damn incarnation or another, if you like, you not only had a hankering to be an actor or an actress, but to be a good one. You're stuck with it now.
  在线路的某个地方，在化身或其他东西里，如果你想要，你不仅能渴望成为一个演员，也能成为一个出色的演员，你想现在是被困住了。
• My husband has been hankering after a new car for a long time.
  我的老公一直渴望拥有一部新车。
• 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。
• And his strongly hankering for art.
  对诗歌艺术美的强烈追求。
• 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。
• Detachment, buddy, and only detachment, desirelessness, cessation from all hankering.
  超然，巴蒂，唯一的超然，无欲无求，所有的渴望欲望停止。
• He has been hankering to spend an evening talking with you.
  他一直渴望能找一天跟你谈一晚。
• 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。
• What kind of life are hankering for?
  你到底想要一种什么生活方式？