hanker after

基本解释

IF YOU hanker after the idealistic spirit of international co-operation, talk to the boss of an emerging-market multinational.
如果你渴望跨国合作的理想主义精神，那么你和跨国新兴市场的老板就有的聊了。
But while British women may wish for the 47-year-old's youthful, toned figure, it seems they do not hanker after her toyboy husband, 31-year-old Ashton Kutcher。
尽管英国女性也许渴望拥有像这个47岁的女星那样年轻、健美的身材，但她们似乎对她的小老公——31岁的阿什顿•库彻并不感兴趣。
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You have two essential choices. Either you can set yourself to developing your reason, cleaving to truth, or you can hanker after externals.
你有两个根本的选择，你可以选择发展内在的理性，迈向真理，也可以选择追逐外在的事物。
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His obvious pleasure at the Bremen result suggests that he may still hanker after one.
ECONOMIST: Germany
But many Fatah people still hanker after revolution, harking back to the heroic days (albeit often mythical) under Arafat.
ECONOMIST: A Palestinian congress
The French still hanker after a political counterweight to the European Central Bank.
ECONOMIST: The single currency