yen

英 [jen] 美 [jen]

n.日元 n.上瘾 vi.对 ... 上瘾

GRE GMAT

◉Usage Examples

(1) I gave the beggar as much as 1,000 yen.

(2) Please exchange twenty thousand yen into dollars.

(3) She's developed a yen for detective stories.

(1) 我给了这乞丐整整一千日元。

(2) 请将两万日元换成美金。

(3) 她看侦探小说看上瘾了。

◉Usage Notes

Besides being the name of the Japanese currency, yen (a different yen) means a casual desire. You can have a yen for sushi, and if you're in Japan, you can pay for the sushi with the yen in your wallet.

Yen is a casual word––think of it like "hankering." If you have an easy time remembering rhymes, think "I sometimes have a yen, to go back home again." Sometimes yen can even work as a verb––you can yen for pancakes, or yen for truffles, or yen for a time when you yenned for things other than food.

◉Colins

1[N-COUNT 可数名词]日元（日本货币单位） The yen is the unit of currency used in Japan. [usu num N] [the N]

She's got a part-time job for which she earns 2,000 yen a month.

她有一份月收入2,000日元的兼职工作。

The yen is also used to refer to the Japanese currency system.日元（日本货币体系）

...sterling's devaluation against the dollar and the yen.

英镑对美元和日元的贬值

2[N-SING 单数名词]渴望；强烈的欲望；热望 If you have a yen to do something, you have a strong desire to do it. [usu a N]

Mike had a yen to try cycling...

迈克非常想试试骑自行车。

He's a natural with any kind of engine but he has an unfortunate yen for speed.

他天生对各种发动机就非常在行，但却过分追求速度。