v.  渴望，热望 ≈ long for

v.  恳求；请求

• an insecure child who craves attention  缺乏安全感、渴望被关注的孩子

• Middles often successfully marry other middles, since both are strong on tact, not so strong on the aggressiveness and tend to crave affection. 渴望爱情

• Yet there are doubts whether people watching television, a “lean back” medium, crave interaction. 渴望交流

• I must crave your pardon.  我必须恳求您原谅。

BrE /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃn/   

NAmE /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃn/