longing

noun

1. （对…的）渴望，热望
   a strong feeling of wanting sth/sb
   1. a longing for home
      对故乡的思念
   2. She was filled with longing to hear his voice again.
      她热切希望再听到他的声音。
   3. romantic longings
      对爱情的渴望
   4. His voice was husky with longing (= sexual desire) .
      他因欲火攻心而声音嘶哑。

adj.

1. 渴望的；热望的；表示渴望的
   feeling or showing that you want sth very much
   1. He gave a longing look at the ice cream.
      他看了看那冰激凌，显出很想吃的样子。

1. N-VAR 渴望；热望；憧憬
   If you feel longing or a longing for something, 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。

1. You can rest for three or four months and then the longing for work will return and you will be right back in harness.
   你可以休息三四个月，然后又会开始渴望工作，并能很快回到正常的工作状态。
2. I'm longing to meet her
   我渴望见到她。
3. He felt a longing for the familiar
   他渴望找到知交。
4. Imelda spoke of her longing to return home
   伊美尔达说她期望能够回家。
5. 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。
6. He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past
   他一心渴望回到从前。
7. I have a great longing for home.
   我非常想家。
8. The children are longing for the holidays.
   孩子们盼望着假期。
9. Longing for the sea, is a seasonal symptom, and can't be restrained.
   对海洋的挚念，似乎是一种无可抑止的季节性疾病。
10. Most old overseas Chinese keep in the depths of their souls a longing for their motherland.
    多数老华侨深深怀念祖国。
11. This poem is elegant and sublime, and the lines are full of spring longing.
    此诗清雅脱尘，句内饱含春意。
12. The salariat class are longing for a rational return in the commercial housing price.
    工薪阶层都盼望高房价能合理归位。
13. Your family is longing to see you.
    你家里人日夜盼念着你呢！
14. The deep longing for freedom and dignity will not go away.
    对自由和尊严的深切渴求不会消失。
15. This longing is faith.
    这渴望就是信仰。
16. When looking up at the starry sky, we are full of longing and yearning for the vast universe.
    在仰望星空的时候，对茫茫宇宙充满了无限的憧憬和向往。
17. Can you trust this longing?
    你能信赖这渴望吗？
18. I really hunger for your touch, and am longing for your love.
    我真的渴望你的接触，并很渴望你的爱。
19. It has sharpened my longing for you and our sweet and peaceful home.
    其加深了我对你，还有对我们和谐宁静的家的渴望。
20. I had been longing to get that opportunity, but suddenly I caught cold and lost my voice.
    我一直都渴望有这个机会，但我突然得了感冒，嗓子坏了。
21. I had forgotten how powerful this longing for chocolate could be.
    我忘了这种对巧克力的渴望是多么的强烈。
22. Wonder when will my longing for you rest?
    想知道我对你的渴望何时了？
23. Your face is full of longing.
    你的脸充满了渴望。
24. As if I were escaping from longing, from innocence, from her.
    好象我在逃避渴望，清白和她。
25. He has beautifully voiced this longing in one of his poems.
    他在一首诗里美妙地表达了这种热望。
26. Studies on the full of passion and longing, hope and love and ideals common people became friends.
    对所学专业充满了激情和憧憬，希望和有共同爱好和理想的人结为好友。
27. Longing for you or someone to share my happiness, joy and sunshine.
    我想和你，任何一个你，分享我的快乐，分享我的喜悦，分享我的阳光。
28. The emblem stands for Singapore people's courage, strength, wisdom and longing for peace.
    国徽代表了新加坡人民的勇气，力量，智慧和对和平的向往。
29. I had a longing for a homeland for my soul.
    我渴望着我心灵上的归宿。

noun

1. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

   Synonym:    yearninghungriness