汉译英常见错误 | 她渴望他说“我爱你”

[译] 她渴望他说“我爱你”。
[误] She longed him to say “I love you”.

[正] She longed for him to say “I love you”.
[注] long 表示“渴望”,属不及物动词,跟宾语时,必须在后面先加介词 for。所以表示“渴望某人做某事”,应该说 long for sb. to do sth.。