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hanker after/for something
phrasal verb with hankerverbuk /ˈhæŋ.kər/ us /ˈhæŋ.kɚ/
to have a strong wish for something, especially if you cannot or should not have it: 渴望，热切希望拥有（尤指无法得到或不该拥有的东西）
What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?你在坐牢时最渴望得到的是什么？
Even after all these years, I still hanker for a motorbike.尽管过了这么多年，我还是渴望拥有一辆摩托车。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wanting things
ache for something
acquisitive
ambitious
ambitiously
angle for something
desperate
expense
fancy
hunger
hunger after/for something
hungrily
hungry
pine
set your heart on something/doing somethingidiom
set your sights on somethingidiom
shook
shopping list
sight
someone's heart's desireidiom
straw
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