I hankered for a good cup of coffee .

我渴望喝一大杯咖啡。

This is not the first time that americans have hankered for a change in alcohol policy during a period of economic distress .

经济低迷，美国人不免想改改饮酒政策，其实这并不是第一次。

Shanxi 's nationalisation drive will disappoint chinese entrepreneurs , who have long hankered after bigger opportunities in industries , such as resource extraction , that are still dominated by the state .

中国的资源开采等行业一直都由国家控制，中国的私营企业家一直都对这类行业垂涎三尺，而此次山西的国有化改组该让他们失望了。

In parts of afghanistan where insurgents have been driven out and the writ of the government has been restored , residents have sometimes hankered for the warlords , who were less venal and less brutal than mr karzai 's lot .

政府在阿富汗一些地区赶走暴乱份子，恢复治理，然而，这些地方的居民有时道更想念从前的军阀，相比卡扎伊先生的属下，这些军阀至少没那么贪婪残忍。

In that period , some monastic try hard fulfilled ideal part considered by sui and tang society , they had not hankered fame and gain , abide buddhism commandment and exceed the secular world and break away family .

隋唐时期，有的僧尼是勇于实践僧尼的理想角色的，他们不为名利所动，能够持守戒律、超脱尘俗、脱离家庭；