yearn /jə:n/ vi. (for, to, after) 想念，渴望：yearn for rest渴望休息They yearned to go home.他们渴望回家。Is it not in the nature of all human beings to yearn for freedom?渴望自由不是人类的天性吗? He still yearned after her, even after all these years.经过这么多年后，他仍然追求着她。