Translations for „hanker“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

hanker [ˈhæŋkə] VB intr

hanker

渴望 kěwàng

hanker

追求 zhuīqiú

hanker for [or after] friendship

渴望得到友谊

▶ hankering N

Usage examples with hanker

hanker for [or after] friendship

渴望得到友谊

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Hankering for a pair of comfortable flats but unwilling to sacrifice style?

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But a one-man corporation with a history of good deeds follows the inevitable fame trajectory to this kind of hankering.

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The same sense is expressed by emotions such as craving or hankering.

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In fact, you find yourself hankering for a bit more maths and fewer gags.

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Subsequently, the pilot resumes his career piloting the large passenger planes he had been hankering after.

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Yet there, too, he hankered after an art less orthodox.

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Asked if he'd always been hankering for a larger canvas, he demurred.

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What does she have that people have been hankering after?

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They hanker for a time long past when the country was, or seemed to be, a simpler place.

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Just as music lovers tend to get stuck in an era of their youth, many gamers also nostalgically hanker for days gone by.

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