longings

英 [ˈlɒŋɪŋz]

美 [ˈlɔŋɪŋz]

n.  (对…的)渴望，热望
longing的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 渴望；热望；憧憬
  If you feellongingor alonging forsomething, you have a rather sad feeling because you want it very much.
  1. He felt a longing for the familiar...
     他渴望找到知交。
  2. Imelda spoke of her longing to return home...
     伊美尔达说她期望能够回家。
  3. I was overwhelmed with longing for those innocent days of early childhood.
     我内心充满着对纯真的童年时光的怀念。

双语例句

• Nobler thoughts and nobler longings were throbbing through my brain.
  更高尚的思想和渴望在头脑中冲荡。
• But once in a great while the longings of these two generations come together in a way we never really understand.
  难得的是两代的渴望有时会结合在一起，那是我们不曾了解的。
• I shall have no time to waste in regrets or longings; there is too much to see.
  我没有时间浪费在后悔或渴望中，有太多的东西要看。
• Freedom from desire is not the freedom I want. I want the freedom to fulfil my longings.
  免除欲望并非我想要的自由。我想要的是满足渴望的自由。
• So many people ( women in particular) doubt the validity of their feelings or repress their deepest longings because they think they're wrong to have them.
  很多的人（尤其是女人）怀疑他们感觉的正确性，或者压制最深的渴望，因为他们觉得他们不该有。
• You have sung to me in my aloneness, and I of your longings have built a tower in the sky.
  你们在我的孤寂中为我歌唱，而我，在空中为你们的渴望建起一座楼阁。
• Come and see that Jesus is more than enough for you and all your needs and longings.
  这样你就会明白，主耶稣是你的全部，是你的全部所需和全部渴慕。
• The trees, like the longings of the earth, stand atiptoe to peep at the heaven.
  群树如表示大地的愿望似的，踮起脚来向天空窥望。
• I know your longings and I have heard your frequent sighs.
  我认得你的愿望，我听得了你屡发的叹息。
• Appetite is the keenness of living; it is one of the senses that tells you that you are still curious to exist, that you stillhave an edge on your longings and want to bite into the world and taste its multitudinous flavours and juices.
  食欲是对生存的强烈渴望；这一咸官告诉你，你对生存仍有好奇心，你和欲望和期待仍很旺盛，依然希望咀嚼这大千世界，品尝它五花八门的风味和甜汁儿。