hanker

英 [ˈhæŋkə(r)]

美 [ˈhæŋkər]

v.  渴望，渴求(某事物)

现在分词：hankering　过去式：hankered　复数：hankers　过去分词：hankered　第三人称单数：hankers　

TEM8

BNC.22119 / COCA.30477

牛津词典

verb

• 渴望，渴求（某事物）
  to have a strong desire for sth
  1. He had hankered after fame all his life.
     他一生追求名望。
  2. She hankered to go back to Australia.
     她渴望回到澳大利亚。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 渴望;热望
  If youhanker aftersomething, you want it very much.
  1. I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat.
     我渴望有一件长及脚跟的棕色绒面革大衣。

英英释义

verb

• desire strongly or persistently
  Synonym:longyearn

双语例句

• For house-hunters who hanker after central city living with a country quality, the open weekend is an ideal opportunity to prospect for or fantasise about London garden square living and to weigh up the pros and cons of communal space.
  对于那些渴望居住在市中心、又希望享受乡村气息的购房者而言，开放周末是一个理想的机会，可以去探寻或设想伦敦花园广场的居住氛围，并权衡社区环境的优缺点。
• They also hanker for advisers to provide a customised, disciplined investment process similar to what most large institutions command.
  他们还渴望顾问们能提供类纪律严明的定制投资程序，就像多数大型机构提供的那样。
• Hanker for fame [ praise]
  追求名声[赞美]
• I don't hanker after squirrel meat.
  我不喜欢吃松鼠肉。
• This wet summer makes me hanker after a holiday in the sun.
  潮湿多雨的夏天使我渴望度过一个阳光明媚的假期。
• The more they receive, the more they want. They will never be satisfied.; hanker for more; Having got Gansu, he aspires after Sichuan.; Much will have more.
  他们得陇望蜀，永远无法使他们心满意足。
• He has not learned to despise the dust, and to hanker after gold.
  他没有学会厌恶尘土而渴求黄金。
• This article introduce four traits of corporate-culture of huawei: ( 1) grandiose hanker, factualistic way;
  本文主要介绍了华为公司企业文化的四个特点：（1）远大的追求，求实的作风；
• Many of those who liked the idea of restoring America's international prestige also hanker for a bit more urgency.
  希望美国修复国际声誉的许多人，也期盼奥巴马加紧脚步。
• Furthermore, enterprises hanker after the self-built logistics, not outsource logistics business, which make it difficult for logistics enterprises of our country to develop healthy. Why do enterprises of our country make little progress in logistics outsourcing?
  而且，由于企业热衷于自建物流、不进行物流外包，还使得我国物流企业发展艰难，相当多的物流企业吃不饱、长不大，甚至因此而夭亡。