yearning

1. N-VAR A yearning for something is a very strong desire for it. 渴望; 向往[oft N 'for' n, N to-inf]

He spoke of his yearning for another child. 他說(shuō)起了自己想再要一個(gè)孩子的強(qiáng)烈愿望。

He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher. 他一直渴望當(dāng)一名教師。