Synonym
| synonym | meaning | note |
|---|---|---|
| desire | 渴望 | 一般用语 |
| long for | 渴望 | 较为情感化、浪漫或诗意 |
| yearn for | 渴望 | 较为悲伤、深沉、痛苦 |
| crave | 渴望 | 上瘾的 |
Examples
- Leonard: Sheldon, this was your idea. A little extra money to get fractional T1 bandwidth in the apartment.
- Sheldon: I know, and I do yearn for faster downloads, but there’s some poor woman is going to pin her hopes on my sperm, what if she winds up with a toddler who doesn’t know if he should use an integral or a differential to solve the area under a curve.