So, in a way, by longing to be where they were when they were children, by longing to inhabit that time, as well, he wants to become them.

所以，他用一种方式去怀念，渴望去这群人还是孩子时，生活过的地方，渴望经历那种时光，也渴望成为他们之一。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

This is ambition for a career, but it's also a desire for personal autonomy. For Frost, poetry is invested with a longing for autonomy in, well, both simple and complex senses.

这是事业心，也是一种,个人自由的渴望，对他来说，诗歌是,结合了自由的渴望，呈现出一种既简单又复杂的感觉。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Both of these empires had aspired to a kind of universality.

这两个帝国,都渴望一种普遍性。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选