but for Shrek, the ordinary life of taking out the trash, cooking dinners and changing diapers soon has him longing for the adventures he once had.

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The longing heart accumulates desires that become in time a kind of volatile waste, which can't be contained.

渴望的心聚集欲望,假以时日便成了,会挥发不能抑制的废物。

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It's the story of Aengus' longing and quest for union with a fairy girl whom he desires.

是安古斯渴望，寻求,和一个仙女结合的故事。

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But on the other hand these advances have also come at a cost. And in this story there's also a sense of longing for the freedom of life in the wild--the innocent, simple, uncomplicated life lived day to day without plans, without toil, in harmony with nature Edenic a somewhat Edenic existence.

但是，换个角度来看，人类付出了代价,才得到这些优点，在这部史诗中，同样存在着,对一种纯真，简单，纯粹生活的向往,每天生活中没有计划，辛劳，与自然和平相处,就像以前的。

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So the excess and the longing are there, each trying to drive or satisfy the other.

这里的过多的重复和那盼望，都是在试着牵动和满足彼此。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

She looks up at the telephone wires, and she thinks about all the messages, unintelligible, full of human longing, going back and forth across those wires.

她看着电话线，想着那些莫名其妙的，充满了人类欲望的信息电线上来回踱着步。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The misery he had was a longing for home.

他对回家的渴望让他感觉很痛苦。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选