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

• All the featured projects not only indicate people's hankering to fashion and new trend, but also supply people with the exact demand of dining environment.
  此书中介绍的设计作品不仅体现了人们对时尚和潮流的追求，同时也满足了他们对于就餐环境品质的向往。
• 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。
• 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？
• He actually got the job he was hankering after* as art director.
  他最后得到了他梦寐以求的艺术指导的工作。
• 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。
• I've got a hankering for Chinese food tonight.
  今晚我想去吃中餐。
• He has been hankering to spend an evening talking with you.
  他一直渴望能找一天跟你谈一晚。
• And his strongly hankering for art.
  对诗歌艺术美的强烈追求。