yearn學測 L6KK [ˈjɝn] ｜ /ˈjɝn/
渴望；切望·想念；渴望重逢·眷戀；思念
作文表達渴望的加分動詞
Every night before sleep, she yearned for the hometown she had left five years ago.
每晚入睡前，她總渴望著五年前離開的故鄉。
一個畫面：胸口牽向遠方
隱隱作痛想到渴望的人事物，心口隱隱抽痛
伸手觸及伸手想觸及眼前搆不到的東西
望向舊地想起離開已久的家鄉或往昔
義項
升遷渴望C2verb渴望；切望
After years of hard work, John yearned for a promotion.
多年努力工作後，John渴望獲得升遷。
yearn for successyearn for freedom
冒險渴望C2verb想念；渴望重逢
After years of working at a desk job, she yearned for adventure and decided to travel the world.
在辦公室工作多年後，她渴望冒險，決定去環遊世界。
yearn for adventureyearn to travel
故鄉眷戀C2verb眷戀；思念
After months away at college, the young man began to yearn for his hometown and the comfort of his childhood home.
離家上大學數月後，這個年輕人開始渴望回到故鄉，想念童年老家的溫暖。
yearn for homeyearn for the past
片語
yearn for freedom渴望自由 →渴望獲得自由
yearn for home想家渴望 →渴望回到家鄉
yearn to escape渴望逃離 →渴望逃離現況
你會不會這樣說？
She has always ___ for a peaceful life in the countryside. (yearned / earned)
看答案
yearned
yearn 是「渴望」，earn 是「賺得」，兩字發音相近但意義不同。
'the young man began to yearn for his hometown and the comfort of his childhood home.' 這裡的 yearn 最接近哪個意思？(A) 渴望升遷 (B) 眷戀思念故鄉 (C) 渴望冒險
看答案
(B)
此句描述想念故鄉與童年老家，對應「眷戀；思念」義項，不是升遷或冒險。
字族
yearning 渴望；思念(名詞)