Sentence examples of "жаждать" in Russian with translation "hanker after"

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Именно поэтому она не должна жаждать любого суррогатного экспортно-ориентированного или государственно-направляемого роста. That is why it should not hanker after any ersatz export-led or state-directed growth.
Я сделал это главным образом потому, что я жаждал денег и славы. I did this mainly because I hankered after money and fame.
После Французской революции 1789 года депутаты Национального собрания, поддерживавшие революционные завоевания, сидели слева, а те, кто выступал против них и жаждал возврата к старому монархически-церковному режиму, – справа. After the French Revolution of 1789, deputies in the National Assembly who supported the revolutionary gains sat on the left, while those who opposed them and hankered after the old order of monarchy and church congregated on the right.
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