近似詞：渴望

6月6日，No. 156，近義詞：渴望

人生充滿許多渴望，恨不得，患得失

恨不得多一點時間、多一次機會、多一份愛

LONG, YEARN, HANKER, PINE, HUNGER, THIRST mean to have a strong desire for something.

#LONG implies a wishing with one's whole heart and often a striving to attain. E.g., He longed for some rest after his final exams.

#YEARN suggests an eager, restless, or painful longing. E.g., I have been yearning for a stage career in New York.

#HANKER suggests the uneasy promptings of unsatisfied appetite or desire. Those who always hanker for money will never satisfy, no matter how much money they earn.

#PINE implies a languishing or a fruitless longing for what is impossible. E.g., Men always pine for their lost love.

#HUNGER and #THIRST imply an insistent or impatient craving or a compelling need. E.g., Albert hungered for a business of his own; Frank Underwood thirsted for power even though he was supposed to lose the reelection.

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