There was a yearning look in his eyes.

他两眼流露出渴望的神情。

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He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher.

他一直渴望当一名教师。

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I had a yearning to travel and visit places I had only read about.

我渴望去旅行，去访问我以前读书所知道的那些地方。

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And people close to him detect, from time to time, a yearning for the high ground.

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Answering a yearning for reward without risk, investment banks are rebaking a 17-year-old idea called equity-linked notes.

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While the tax angle is a plus, what's really driving the Robinsons is a yearning to see the world.

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