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

• What kind of life are hankering for?
  你到底想要一种什么生活方式？
• I got a real hankering.
  我真的很想吃嘛。
• Thanks to its tropical climate, zoo-wrecking hurricanes and a greater-than-usual number of people with a hankering for fashionably exotic pets, Florida is an invasive-species mecca.
  由于地处热带，而且飓风让动物园面目全非，再加上一大帮珍禽异兽的狂热粉丝，佛罗里达成了这些外来物种的“圣城”。
• 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。
• 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。
• Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
  你是否一直渴望成为一名演员？
• And his strongly hankering for art.
  对诗歌艺术美的强烈追求。
• If you give way to this hankering for food you will become fat.
  如果让步于贪食。你会发胖的。
• 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。