pine for 详细解释

pine for

渴望

渴望; 十分盼望

Unaccustomed to city life, they pined for their own farm.

由于不习惯城市生活, 他们非常想念自己的农场。

词义辨析

同义参见:

yearn  languish  

英英释义

名词 pine cone:

the seed-producing cone of a pine tree

同义词:pinecone

补充

pine forpine for1.渴望得到She sat in the house day after day, pining for her lover.她一连几天坐在房屋里, 思念着自己的情人。They are pining for home.他们思念着家乡。

例句

1. I pine for the countryside.我渴望到乡下去。 2. the democracy they have pined for since 1939他们自1939年以来一直渴望的民主 3. She sat in the house day after day, pining for her lover.她一连几天坐在房屋里, 思念着自己的情人。 4. She was pining for the old days.她很怀念过去的日子。 5. He's pining for his college sweetheart.他思念着大学时的恋人。 6. "At this time of year, most people are pining for [=longing for] the return of spring."每年的这个时候,大多数人都期盼着春回大地。