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

• 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。
• Even after all these years, I still hanker for a motorbike.
  尽管过了这么些年，我仍然希冀得到一辆摩托车。
• I don't hanker after squirrel meat.
  我不喜欢吃松鼠肉。
• Hanker for fame [ praise]
  追求名声[赞美]
• Enterprises hanker after EIP, because it no longer confines to traditional e-commerce and the management information system.
  企业热衷于EIP，因为它不再局限于传统意义上的电子商务和管理信息系统，而是将二者很好的结合。
• 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。
• 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；
• His topping personal quality was prominently manifested in his profound thinking about the meaning of life, the unremitting hanker for peace and right of mankind, and the search for scientific morality and beauty.
  他的杰出人文素质最突出地表现在：他对人生意义的深刻思考，对人类和平与正义的不懈追求以及对科学道德和科学美的探求。
• 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。
• 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。