[N-VAR 可变名词]渴望;强烈愿望;向往 A yearning for something is a very strong desire for it.
[oft N for n]
He spoke of his yearning for another child...
他说起了自己想再要一个孩子的强烈愿望。
He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher.
他一直渴望当老师。
Oxford
yearn·ing/ˈjɜːnɪŋ; NAmEˈjɜːrnɪŋ/noun[countable , uncountable ]( formal) a strong and emotional desire 渴望;向往SYN
longing
yearning(for sb/sth) ◆a yearning for a quiet life对宁静生活的向往yearning(to do sth) ◆She had no great yearning to go back.她并不十分想回去。▶yearn·ing·ly/ˈjɜːnɪŋli; NAmEˈjɜːrnɪŋli/adverbyearningyearningsyearn·ing/ˈjɜːnɪŋ; NAmEˈjɜːrnɪŋ/yearn·ing·ly/ˈjɜːnɪŋli; NAmEˈjɜːrnɪŋli/