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

• Problem is, once you are used to life's finest, that hankering can be hard to satisfy.
  问题是，一旦习惯了最豪华的生活，要想再上一层楼会十分困难。
• Those days are gone and there's no point hankering after them.
  那些日子一去不复返了，再想得到它们是毫无道理的。
• 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。
• 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？
• It claims demand has increased steadily since its inception in 2011, particularly for students hankering for placements in banking, finance, law, marketing and technology companies in New York and Los Angeles.
  该公司宣称，自从2011年创立以来，需求一直稳步上升，尤其受到那些向往在纽约和洛杉矶的银行、金融机构、律所、市场营销机构以及科技企业实习的学生欢迎。
• 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。
• 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。
• The objective of hydrocarbon traps exploration is hankering for maximum pr of it.
  油气圈闭勘探以追求最小投入和最大利润为目的。
• 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。