mindmap root((渴望)) long implies a wishing with one's whole heart for something remote or not easily attainable: ~ed for some peace and quiet. （with one’s whole heart全心全意，形容感情投入真挚强烈，等于wholeheartedly，如全心全意为人民服务to serve the people两个都可以用） yearn suggests an eager, restless and painful longing: ~ed for a career on the stage. hanker suggests the uneasy promptings of unsatisfied appetite or desires: always ~ed for more money. pine implies a languishing or a fruitless longing for what is impossible of attainment: ~ed for a long-lost love. hunger implies an insistent or impatient craving or a compelling need like that for food: ~ed for a business of his own. thirst suggests a compelling need like that for liquid: ~ed for absolute power.