She had no great yearning to go back.
她并不十分想回去。
She yearned to escape from her office job.
她一心想著躲避辦公室里的工作。
If you do yearn for chocolate, try a carob bar instead.
你要是非常想吃巧克力，那就嚼根角豆條解饞吧。
He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher.
他一直渴望當老師。
I yearned to be a movie actor.
我曾渴望成為一名電影演員。