因渴望得到…而瘦弱〔憔悴〕 grow weak and unhappy with a desire for (sth/sb)
pine for sb/sth
She sat in the house day after day, pining for her lover.
她整天坐在房屋里,思念著自己的情人。
The boy pined for nothing else but a toy horse.
這個(gè)小男孩渴望得到玩具馬,別的什么都不要。
They are pining for home.
他們思念著家鄉(xiāng)。
They still pined for their lost wealth.
他們?nèi)匀荒钅畈煌麄兪サ呢?cái)富。
He had been pining for a moment like this.
他一直渴望有這樣的時(shí)刻。
It was no good pining for what we have not got; we must make the most of what we have.
苦思我們沒(méi)有的東西毫無(wú)用處,我們必須充分利用我們已有的東西。