"It yearns for freedom" 可以用来表示它渴望自由。
"Yearn" 是一个动词，意思是渴望、渴求、向往。它来自古英语 "geornian"，意思是 "痛苦地想念"。
例句:
The prisoner yearned for freedom after years of being locked up. (囚犯多年被关在监狱里后渴望自由)
She yearned for a chance to travel the world. (她渴望有机会去旅行)
He yearned to return to his home country. (他渴望回到他的祖国)