WANTa strong feeling of wanting something or someone 渴望,盼望
She looked back with longing on the good old days.
她回首往事,怀念着过去的美好时光。
longing for
His heart was filled with longing for Cynthia.
他心中对辛西娅充满渴望。
longing to
She felt a longing to throw herself into his arms.
她有一种扑入他怀抱的渴望。
Examples from the Corpus
longing• She had a suddendesperatelonging to relive last night - at least, the part up until when they had said goodnight.• The piece lacks the desperate longing of the composer's other works.• Gentlelongings, spoken in such plain and honest words, must not be permitted to remain unanswered.• Weasel, whipped in a taut ball of his longinglicked Hilde's obstinate body with yellowgazes.• Surely, there is nothing unusual about our own inchoatelongings.• Other people can not fill the innerlonging for recognition that is sought.• She could have wept for the agony of rawlonging that burned through her.• But men can come to terms with their suppressedlongings.• For a moment, she ached with longing - then, just as suddenly, revolted against them.