This wet summer makes me hanker after a holiday in the sun. 潮湿多雨的夏天使我渴望度过一个阳光明媚的假期。
hanker
[ verb ] desire strongly or persistently <verb.emotion>longyearn
Hanker \Han"ker\ (h[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hankered} (-k[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hankering}.] [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.] 1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. --Addison.
He was hankering to join his friend. --J. A. Symonds.
2. To linger in expectation or with desire. --Thackeray.
And if you hanker for a Mercedes convertible rather than a convertible bond, buy the bond, borrow against it and then "use those proceeds any way you want," says Richard Braun, another Los Angeles-based consultant.
It would be nice to think that British chancellors hanker after an independent Bank of England because they believe such an institution would improve economic governance in the UK.
While the British - probably Portugal's oldest European ally - still hanker for old colonial and Atlantic ties, the Portuguese have turned their heads, if not yet all of their hearts, to Europe.