yen /jen/ noun 2 the yen the value of Japanese money in relation to the money of other countries 日元比价 The dollar fell by 24 percent against the yen (=decreased in value in relation to the yen) between 1970 and 1973. 在1970年至1973年间,美元对日元的汇率下跌了24%。
fell ... against the yen• It fell against the yen, however.
3 [singular]WANT a strong desire 渴望,热望yen for a yen for foreign travel 对出国旅行的渴望
yen to do something She’d always had a yen to write a book. 她一直渴望写一本书。