hankering
['hæŋkərɪŋ]
n. 渴望, 望

1. They all want me dead, and are hankering for my money.
   147、都指望死，想而已.
2. He actually gets the job he is hankering after, as art director.
   梦寐求艺指。
3. He actually got the job he was hankering after... as art director.
   梦寐求艺指。

hankering
[ noun ]
a yearning for something or to do something
<noun.feeling>




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.