longed-for

美 [ˈlɔːŋd fɔːr]英 [ˈlɒŋd fɔː(r)]
  • adj.渴望的;期待已久的
longed-forlonged-for

adj.

only before noun渴望的;期待已久的
that sb has been wanting or hoping for very much

the birth of a longed-for baby

一个盼望已久的婴儿的出生

longed-for

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    ADJ 梦寐以求的;朝思暮想的
    A longed-for thing or event is one that someone wants very much.

    ...the wet weather that prevents your longed-for picnic.

    使你们朝思暮想的野餐计划泡汤的下雨天

adj

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greatly desired
Synonym: wished-for yearned-for

数据来源:WordNet

  1. And you can never gain the longed-for goal until you first outsoar both flesh and soul ;

    除非你能超越精神与肉体。要不你决不能达到你渴望的目标。

  2. Behind that longed-for sound was another noise - an awful tumult that my mind shied away from .

    在那充满渴望的声音背后,是另外一种嘈杂的声音——一阵我的脑子努力回避着的,吓人的骚动。

  3. Reaching adulthood is a much longed-for milestone .

    早日成年是许多青少年迫切的渴望。

  4. Mr Ehrlich pointed out that some Indian and Chinese parents would go on having daughter after daughter until the longed-for son arrived .

    埃尔利希先生(mrehrlich)指出,印度和中国的一些父母在生了一个个女儿之后是不会停止生育的,直到他们想要的儿子出生为止。

  5. At last the longed-for refreshment arrived .

    渴望得到的茶点终于来了。

  6. After a spell in Stockholm , Sweden , he finally received his longed-for posting to Beijing in1984 .

    在斯德哥尔摩、瑞典呆过一段时间后,陆克文终于在1984年实现了去北京的愿望。

  7. She didn 't move much on stage : every ounce of power was reserved for filling the hall with spine-tingling ballads of longed-for love .

    在舞台上,她没有怎么移动。是因为她蓄发着全身的力量,只为了用让人惊叹喜爱的歌喉,为观众演唱那些表达对爱情极度渴求的歌谣。

  8. We 're on the brink of having that longed-for vaccine . And it 's being called the " silver bullet . "

    我们就快要找到渴望已久的疫苗了,也就是所谓的“新技术”。

  9. Rudely he broke away , hastening on to that house near the end of the street , in each of whose quaint windows fancy framed the longed-for face .

    他忽然打破幻想的感觉,快步跑到靠近街道尽头的房子,幻想在每扇古朴窗户里都有一张期盼的脸。

  10. As everyone knows , the older you get , the more you appreciate the sensation of anticipation too often the arrival at a longed-for destination can seem like an anti-climax .

    每个人都知道,一个人年纪越大,就越重视期盼的感觉太多时候,当期盼许久的目标实现时,人们可能反而会感到失落。

  11. In his image of a ski chalet in winter mist , we cannot tell if the hut is a longed-for destination or a shelter which has just been left .

    他在冬雾里拍摄的滑雪小屋的照片中,我们看不出小屋是作者所渴求的终点,还是作者刚刚离开的一个庇护所。