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German Yearn English 8146.Yearn 英 Jɜːn]美 Jɝn 释义

正面 8146.yearn
英 [jɜːn]美 [jɝn]

背面
释义:
vi. 渴望,向往;思念,想念;怀念;同情,怜悯
例句:
1. If you do yearn for chocolate, try a carob bar instead.你要是非常想吃巧克力,那就嚼根角豆条解馋吧。

1. y -> why + earn => yearn: 为何挣钱如此的令人向往、令人渴望。
yearn 渴望来自PIE*gher,喜欢,想要,鼓励,词源同exhort,hortatory,charisma.
yearnyearn: see eucharistyearn (v.)Old English giernan (West Saxon), geornan (Mercian), giorna (Northumbrian) "to strive, be eager, desire, seek for, beg, demand," from Proto-Germanic *gernjan (cognates: Gothic gairnjan "to desire," German begehren "to desire;" Old High German gern, Old Norse gjarn "desirous," Old English georn "eager, desirous," German gern "gladly, willingly"), from PIE root *gher- (5) "to like, want" (see hortatory). Related: Yearned; yearning."

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