n.(强烈的)渴望,
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
yen (noun) - see money table
a strong desire or propensity - a yen for the sea , also - urge craving a yen for ice cream
intransitive verb
to have an intense desire - long
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
yen (noun)a strong wish for something
SYNONYMS:
appetency, appetite, craving, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, jones, letch, longing, lust, passion, pining, thirst, thirstiness, urge, yearning, yenRELATED WORDS:
compulsion, impulse, impulsion, will, zeal; liking, love, taste, weakness; eagerness, impatience; want, wish; necessity, need, requirement; obsession; acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, rapaciousness, rapacity; cacoëthes, maniaNEAR ANTONYMS:
abhorrence, abomination, allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disliking, distaste, hatred, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion; apathy, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcernto have an earnest wish to own or enjoy
SYNONYMS:
ache (for), covet, crave, desiderate, die (for), hanker (for after), hunger (for), itch (for), jones (for), long (for), lust (for after), pant (after), pine (for), repine (for), salivate (for), sigh (for), thirst (for), want, wish (for), yearn (for), yen (for)RELATED WORDS:
spoil (for); adore, delight (in), dig, enjoy, fancy, groove (on), like, love, relish, revel (in); favor, prefer; admire, appreciate, cherish, prize, treasure, valueNEAR ANTONYMS:
abhor, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathe; decline, refuse, reject, spurn