Advanced English Vocabulary for Speaking and Writing | Success, Fame and Ambition · Learn English with Harry
本课讲解与成功、名声和野心相关的10个高级英语表达，适合B2、C1及高级学习者。通过自然例句和使用指导，帮助提升口语和写作的多样性与准确性。
Hi there.
你好！
This is Harry and welcome back to my advanced English lessons, advanced English lessons with Harry.
这是哈里，欢迎大家再次回到我的高级英语课程中来——这些课程是由哈里亲自授课的。
And today we're going to talk about advanced vocabulary, in particular advanced vocabulary relating to ambitions.
今天我们将会讨论一些高级词汇，特别是那些与个人抱负相关的词汇。
Let's go through them one by one.
我们逐一来看它们吧。
Crave to crave.
渴望……再渴望……
So we're using it as a verb.
所以我们把它当作一个动词来使用。
Yeah, we can have a craving.
是的，我们确实会感到某种渴望（或冲动）。
So that's a noun.
那么，这是一个名词。
But to crave all right is to you can crave attention.
但是，渴望得到关注其实只是另一种形式的“渴望”——即渴望别人注意到自己。
You can crave certain information or crave news, or you can crave certain food that you really want to have.
你可能会渴望获取某些信息或新闻，也可能会特别想吃某种特定的食物。
So to crave is when you really, really want something, you have a deep desire.
渴望”指的是你非常非常想要某样东西，内心有着强烈的愿望。
Often they talk about ladies when they're expecting a baby, that they they develop a craving for a particular food.
通常，当人们即将迎来新生命时，他们会谈到孕妇们会对某种食物产生强烈的渴望。
So they crave chocolate, or they crave pizza, or they crave certain unusual combinations because of the effects of the pregnancy.
因此，由于怀孕的影响，她们会渴望吃巧克力、披萨，或者某些不寻常的食物组合。
So you can crave in that way.
所以，你就可以以那样的方式去渴望（某些东西）。
Or perhaps you've been on a diet for a long time and you crave the taste of meat.
或者，你可能已经坚持节食很长时间了，现在非常渴望尝到肉的味道。
Or maybe you've had a recent festival like Easter or something like that.
或者，你最近可能参加过某个节日，比如复活节之类的活动。
And before Easter, perhaps you want some sort of fast where you gave up meat, and maybe you were eating vegetarian meals for a while,
在复活节之前，也许你可以尝试某种斋戒方式——比如放弃吃肉，或者暂时改吃素食。
so you crave the taste of meat.
所以你非常渴望品尝肉的味道。
So come that Easter Sunday, you're going to cook a beautiful chicken or a roast beef, whatever it might be that you really,
那么，在那个复活节的星期天，你就会烹制一只美味的鸡或一块烤牛肉——无论你真正想做的究竟是什么。
really crave.
非常渴望得到它。
So when you crave something, you desire it very, very deeply.
因此，当你渴望某样东西时，你对它的渴望是极其强烈的。
So you crave attention.
所以你渴望得到别人的关注。
When you haven't had attention, perhaps you didn't have a happy childhood and you didn't have a warm relationship with parents.
当你长期缺乏关注（或关爱）时，或许你的童年并不幸福，也无法与父母建立起亲密、温暖的关系。
And as you grow older, you crave attention from other people, young puppies or kittens that we get.
随着年龄的增长，我们会渴望得到他人的关注；就像我们养的小狗或小猫一样，它们也会让我们感到被关爱和重视。
They always crave attention.
他们总是渴望得到关注。
They come over to you.
他们会主动走向你。
They're looking to to make friends there.
他们希望在那里交到朋友。
They're looking for the warmth of your skin against theirs.
他们渴望感受到你的肌肤与他们的肌肤相贴所带来的温暖。
Or in fact, they might just be looking for some food, but they do crave attention in the same way.
事实上，它们可能只是在寻找食物而已；但它们同样渴望得到人们的关注。
So to crave looking for something or desiring something deeply, to hanker after something similar, to crave okay,
那么，渴望寻找某样东西、对某样东西怀有强烈的向往之情，或者对类似的东西念念不忘……总之，就是这种强烈的渴望吧。
to hanker after something that you haven't had for a long time.
渴望得到某样已经很久没有拥有的东西。
You could hanker after a game of squash or a game of tennis because you haven't played it in a while.
你可能会很想打一场比赛壁球或网球，因为你已经有一段时间没有打这些运动了。
You can hanker after your favourite food, a bag of crisps, a bag of chips, whatever that might be.
你可能会非常渴望吃到自己最喜欢的食物，比如一袋薯片（crisps 或 chips，具体叫法取决于地区）。
You hanker after a beer when you've perhaps been on a fasting, or you've given up a beer for a certain period of time.
当你长时间没有喝酒（比如处于禁酒状态），或者已经有一段时间没有喝啤酒了，你就会特别想喝一杯。
Perhaps you had to go on a
也许你不得不去……
diet because you put on a little bit of weight, and the summer months have gone by and you've been really,
你因为体重稍微增加了一点而开始节食；夏天已经过去了，而你……
really waiting for that time when you've lost the weight and you can okay, sit down and have a cool beer.
真的非常期待那一刻：当你成功减掉体重后，可以坐下来，喝一杯冰爽的啤酒。
Not too many, but a cool beer because you've got a real hankering after beer.
数量不多，但至少有一瓶很棒的啤酒——因为你确实非常想喝啤酒。
So to hanker after something is to again have a desire or a wish to to eat, to drink,
因此，对某种东西的渴望实际上就是再次产生想要吃东西或喝东西的欲望或愿望。
to do something, to hanker after, to be in the spotlight.
想要做某事；渴望得到某物；希望成为众人关注的焦点。