1.[ususing]~ (for/after sth).~ (to do sth)(对或做某事的)强烈欲望a strong desire
a hankering for a wealthy lifestyle渴望过富裕生活
"I'm not hankering to be the man that lays hands on you while he's around, " Pete announced conclusively , nodding his head toward Buck.
“当他在的时候,我连碰都不敢碰你一下。”彼得朝巴克点点头,断然说道。
He tells us in one of his later writings that he had "a hankering for the sea. "
在他后期的一部著作中,他告诉我们他曾经有过“当水手的强烈愿望”。
There was always an undercurrent of greediness, a hankering , and sense of waste.
总是存在着一种贪得无厌的暗流,一种非分之想,一种蹉跎的感觉。
You're bound to have worked up an appetite by now. Where would you go if you had a hankering for some good ol' Texas barbecue?
你的饮食也是受到限制的。如果你非常渴望一些不错的德州烧烤时,你会去哪?
I had a hankering to see 1949's White Heat, the Jimmy Cagney flick where he plays gangster Cody Jarrett.
我很想看1949年出品的詹姆斯·卡格尼电影《白热》,在这部戏里他扮演强盗科迪·杰莱特。
Nutrients that aren't as available during the long winter may trigger the hankering.
在漫长的冬季,营养物不那么容易得到,就有可能引发山羊的这种渴望。
What business had he to be hankering after this girl at all! (John Galsworthy).
究竟有什么使得他整天思念这个姑娘!(约翰·高尔斯华绥)。
If you happen to find yourself in the Big Apple with a hankering for delicious borscht, be sure to take yourself to the Carnegie Deli.
如果你恰好在大苹果(纽约的别称)寻觅美味的罗宋汤,一定要去卡内基熟食店。
Occasionally, it's even mistaken for a love hotel by couples hankering for some time beneath the sheets.
偶尔还会有想共度春宵的情侣将其误认为是情人酒店。
Long before he became president, Barack Obama had a hankering for the TGV and other fast trains.
没有成为总统之前,巴拉克.奥巴马就热衷于TGV(法国高铁)和其他高速列车。
Indians show no obvious hankering to be censored, silenced or deprived of the vote.
印度人可不想被审查、被沉默、被剥夺选举权。
whether it is a wish for eternal youth, a nostalgic hankering for things gone by, or a vain attempt to defer the final curtain.
这或许是由于对永恒青春的渴望,或是想抓紧某样即将逝去的东西,抑或是要力图阻止生命谢幕那一刻的到来。
Yet he could be forgiven for hankering for his old privacy in Switzerland.
但他如果留恋昔日在瑞士的隐居生活,也不足为怪。
Problem is, once you are used to life's finest, that hankering can be hard to satisfy.
问题是,一旦习惯了最豪华的生活,要想再上一层楼会十分困难。
Say, for instance, you're hankering for some Coldplay. Create a playlist, drag and drop all four albums, and you're good to go.
比如说,你一直想要一些酷玩乐队的曲目,只需创建一张播放列表,把所有四张专辑全拖进去。
Please? I got a real hankering.
帮帮忙啦,我真的很想吃嘛。
European nations, in particular, maintained a hankering for fixed exchange rates.
欧洲国家,特别是渴望实行固定汇率。
Evolution might have played an important part in the human hankering for salt.
进化可能在人对于盐的渴求中扮演了重要的角色。
I don't have big dreams, not really. I'm not hankering for the good life, I just want to be comfortable.
我没有什么远大的理想,不求最好,只求安逸。
Our company really believes that quality is the all, and the customer's satisfaction is just our hankering.
我们公司全体员工始终坚信质量才是根本,顾客满意的微笑就是我们内心的喜悦。
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