Old English giernan (West Saxon), geornan (Mercian), giorna (Northumbrian) "to strive, be eager, desire, seek for, beg, demand," from Proto-Germanic *gernjan (cognates: Gothic gairnjan "to desire," German begehren "to desire;" Old High German gern, Old Norse gjarn "desirous," Old English georn "eager, desirous," German gern "gladly, willingly"), from PIE root *gher- (5) "to like, want" (see hortatory). Related: Yearned; yearning.
例文
1. If you do yearn for chocolate,try a carob bar instead.
チョコレートが食べたいなら、角豆を噛んで食べたいですね。
2.This mentalist yearn easily trigger a large-scale consumption campaign.
このような心理状態は大規模な消費ブームを引き起こしやすい。
3.Is it not in the nature of all human beings to yearn for freedom?
自由を渇望するのは人間の天性ではないだろうか。
4.We yearn to surrender our entire being.
私たちは私たちの命を放縦にしたいと思っています。
5.Do not yearn in desire toward it,but wait till it reaches you.