pining

• 指对某人或某物怀有深切的思念、渴望或忧郁的向往，常伴随悲伤和惆怅。

A noun referring to a feeling of deep longing, yearning, or melancholy desire for someone or something, often accompanied by sadness.

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1. Deep longingB2formal

   A strong, persistent feeling of yearning or desire for someone or something, often accompanied by sadness.

   渴望

   • Her pining for her homeland grew stronger each day.
   • He felt a deep pining for the friends he left behind.
   • The poem expressed a sense of pining for lost love.

   同义词achecravingdesirehankeringhungerlongingthirstyearning

   反义词apathyindifference

• 动词，表示因思念某人或渴望某物而感到深切的忧伤和思念，常伴有忧郁或憔悴。

A verb used to express a feeling of deep longing or yearning for someone or something, often accompanied by sadness or melancholy.

1. Yearn or long forB2formal

   To feel a deep, often melancholic desire for something or someone, especially when separated.

   渴望

   • She pined for her homeland after moving abroad.
   • He pined for his lost youth.
   • The dog pined for its owner while they were away.

   同义词achecovetcravedesirehankerhungerlanguishlongthirstyearn

2. Waste away from griefC1formal

   To become weak or thin because of sadness, longing, or unrequited love.

   憔悴

   • After her husband died, she seemed to pine away.
   • He pined from heartbreak and stopped eating.
   • The old man pined in solitude after his wife passed.

   同义词declinedroopfadelanguishsickenweakenwither

   反义词flourishthrive

短语动词变体pine away