want
美 [wɑnt] 
英 [w?nt]
- v.要；希望；想要；需要
- n.缺乏；缺少；匱乏；貧困
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)欲望；想要某物
詞形變化
第三人稱單數(shù)：wants 現(xiàn)在分詞：wanting 過去式：wanted 同義詞
英漢雙解
希望wish
1. | 要；想要；希望to have a desire or a wish for sth |
| Do you want some more tea? 你再要點(diǎn)兒茶嗎？ |
| She's always wanted a large family. 她一直希望生一大群孩子。 |
| All I want is the truth. 我只想知道實(shí)情。 |
| Thanks for the present─it's just what I wanted . 感謝贈我這份禮物，這正是我想要的。 |
| I can do whatever I want. 我想干什么就可以干什么。 |
| The last thing I wanted was to upset you. 我最不希望做的事就是惹你不高興。 |
| The party wants her as leader. 這個政黨希望由她做領(lǐng)袖。 |
| What do you want to do tomorrow? 明天你想做什么？ |
| ‘It's time you did your homework.’ ‘I don't want to!’ “你該做作業(yè)了。”“我就是不想做！” |
| There are two points which I wanted to make. 我想要指出的有兩點(diǎn)。 |
| I just wanted to know if everything was all right. 我只是想知道是否一切都好。 |
| You can come too, if you want . 如果你想來也可以來。 |
| Do you want me to help? 你要我?guī)兔幔?/div> |
| We didn't want this to happen. 我們并不希望發(fā)生這樣的事情。 |
| I want it (to be) done as quickly as possible. 我希望這件事盡快完成。 |
| I don't want you coming home so late. 我不希望你這么晚回家。 |
| Do you want your coffee black or white? 你的咖啡里加不加奶？ |
需要need
| We'll want more furniture for the new office. 我們的新辦公室需要添些家具。 |
| What this house wants is a good clean. 這房子需要好好打掃一下。 |
| The plants want watering daily. 這些植物需要天天澆水。 |
| The plants want to be watered daily. 這些植物需要天天澆水。 |
3. | [usupass] ~ sb (+ adv./prep.) 需要…在場to need sb to be present in the place or for the purpose mentioned |
| She's wanted immediately in the director's office. 她得馬上到主任辦公室去。 |
| Excuse me, you're wanted on the phone. 對不起，有你的電話。 |
應(yīng)該should/ought to
4. |
~ to do sth （用于提出建議）應(yīng)該used to give advice to sb, meaning ‘should’ or ‘ought to’ |
| If possible, you want to avoid alcohol. 你應(yīng)盡可能避免飲酒。 |
| He wants to be more careful. 他應(yīng)多加小心。 |
| You don't want to do it like that. 你不應(yīng)那樣做。 |
有性欲feel sexual desire
5. | ~ sb 對…有性欲to feel sexual desire for sb |
缺少lack
| He doesn't want courage. 他有的是勇氣。 |
需要的東西sth you need
1. | [c][usupl] 需要的東西；想望的東西something that you need or want |
| She spent her life pandering to the wants of her children. 她一生都在設(shè)法滿足子女的需要。 |
缺少lack
2. | [u][sing] ~ of sth 缺少；缺乏；不足a situation in which there is not enough of sth; a lack of sth |
| a want of adequate medical facilities 缺少足夠的醫(yī)療設(shè)施 |
貧窮being poor
3. | [u] 貧窮；貧困；匱乏the state of being poor, not having food, etc. |
| Visitors to the slums were clearly shocked to see so many families living in want . 到過貧民窟的人看到有這么多的家庭生活在貧苦之中顯然震驚不已。 |
習(xí)慣用語
not want to know (about sth)
不想知道；不愿理會to take no interest in sth because you do not care about it or it is too much trouble
| I've tried to ask her advice, but she doesn't want to know(= about my problems) . 我嘗試向她請教，但她卻不愿理會。 |
| ‘How much was it?’ ‘ You don't want to know ’(= it is better if you don't know) . “這要多少錢？”“你還是不知道的好。” |
want rid of sb/sth
想擺脫；想甩掉to want to be free of sb/sth that has been annoying you or that you do not want
| Are you trying to say you want rid of me? 你是在說要甩掉我嗎？ |
what do you want?
（語帶指責(zé)）你在這里干什么；你要我干什么used to ask sb in a rude or angry way why they are there or what they want you to do
for (the) want of sth
因為缺乏…because of a lack of sth; because sth is not available
| The project failed for want of financial backing. 這個項目由于缺少財政支援而告吹。 |
| We call our music ‘postmodern’ for the want of a better word. 由于沒有更合適的詞來表達(dá)，我們把我們的音樂稱作“后現(xiàn)代風(fēng)格”。 |
in want of sth
| The present system is in want of a total review. 目前的系統(tǒng)需要全面的復(fù)查。 |
not for (the) want of doing sth
并非辦事不力used to say that if sth is not successful, it is not because of a lack of effort
| If he doesn't manage to convince them, it won't be for want of trying(= he has tried hard) . 如果他沒能使他們信服，這倒不是由于努力不夠。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
"We will continue to work with you to have consumer confidence in that matter. We want there to be consumer confidence in American beef. "
“在此問題上，我們將共同努力以增進(jìn)貿(mào)易互信，也希望你們對美國牛肉消費(fèi)抱有信心”。
I want you promise me , you must tell my child how much I love them, and remind them to be free . Because we are , we are free now.
我要你們向我保證，你們必須告訴我的孩子，我有多么的愛他們，每天都是。提醒他們一定要珍惜自由，因為我們，我們自由了。
We want to see, as I said, what steps the Syrians are willing to take to address our issues.
就像我剛才說的那樣，我們希望看到敘利亞將愿意采取什么步驟來解決我們關(guān)注的問題。
She spoke as if she did not want to cause him any more trouble.
她說話的口吻似乎表明她不想再給他添更多的麻煩。
If you really want to get out of here and get away from it all the flight to Anchorage, Alaska, is actually boarding.
如果你真的想搭乘航班離開這里，所有到阿拉斯加的安克雷奇市的航班實(shí)際上都是在登機(jī)狀態(tài)。
One day the sky is fine just before you want to go out but it starts to rain just as you step outside.
一天，天空是美好的，當(dāng)你想出去，但它開始下雨了，就像你出門。
When my mother was dying, she did want me to see, she died when I was teaching.
我十分能理解，人死的時候，總是不希望至親看見。
and that is not exactly what He said, but I want you to understand the meaning of it.
當(dāng)然，這不完全是他當(dāng)時所說的話，我只是想你明白其中的意思。
It's easy to lose sight of what you want, especially if you haven't gotten it.
你很容易因為你想得到的東西而喪失遠(yuǎn)見，尤其在你沒得到它的時候。
However, what you really want is to have only one such situation being detected for each pair of buy and sell events.
但是，您真正希望的是對于每一對買入和賣出事件，您僅檢查到一個這樣的情形。
The first thing you want to do is give it a quick rinse, and you're gonna see that there's a soapy residue that rinses right off of it.
首先你需要做的就是給它進(jìn)行一下快速沖洗，而后你你就可以沖洗掉在它上面的肥皂的殘留物。
"There's room there to help, but whether it's as much as people want we'll have to figure out, " he said.
“這里有提供幫助的余地，但這是不是人們想要的那么多，我們必須弄清楚，”佐立克說。
Let's wait to see how much the main course is. I don't want to be stuffed and keep on shopping.
咱們待會兒看看主菜的量有多少再說吧。我不想撐著肚子繼續(xù)購物。
No wise cracks because I wouldn't want her to think that I was one of those smooth-talking guys who pick up girls in the subway.
不要有什么俏皮話，我不想讓她覺得我是那種巧舌如簧的人，常常在地鐵里追女孩子。
I also want to look for a girlfriend, but I am not so handsome, therefore I simply did not think these impossible things!
我也想找個女朋友，可是我長的對不起觀眾，所以我就干脆不想那些虛無的東西了！
In the same way if you want your servant to make no mistakes, you are a fool, for you want vice not to be vice but something different.
同樣道理，如果你希望你的仆人不犯錯誤，這等同于你希望邪惡不邪惡，那你這不是自找煩惱。
It is quite fair because what and how much you want should be acquired with equivalent effort and cost.
這很公平，你想要什么，想要多少，就必須為此付出多少努力和代價。
Say you want me with you here, beside you.
說你需要我在你身旁。
I know how much you want to win.
我知道你求勝心切。
We will only reach out to parents to obtain what they want, something for nothing seems to have become a matter of course.
我們只會向父母伸出手去索取自己想要的東西，不勞而獲似乎已經(jīng)成為了理所當(dāng)然的事情。
He stopped. "Want to hear some more? " "Shoot, " I said.
他頓住了。“還想聽下去嗎？”“講吧，”我說。
I did not want to become involved in the fishing which had its good times and its slack times.
我不愿陷入釣魚的習(xí)慣，而釣魚是有它的旺季和淡季的。
He dared say he would want all his money before he had done with this affair of June's.
把瓊這件婚事辦完，敢說要用到他的全部現(xiàn)款。
There was some blood on the sleeve of his sweater and he didn't want anybody coming in and howling about it.
他的運(yùn)動衫袖子上沾著鮮血，他不希望有人進(jìn)來大驚小怪地嚷嚷。
If you want to call a meeting or anything, just let me know.
要是你想召集個會議什么的，就請告訴我。
But the general public, Nim believed, had still not grasped, or perhaps didn't want to, the full significance of what was happening.
但是，尼姆認(rèn)為，一般的公眾還沒理解，或者是不想理解眼下發(fā)生的事情的全部意義。
You want to be membered for the country, where with your own vote and your borough at your back, you can command anything.
我知道你想做你們區(qū)里的國會代表，這樣你自己有選舉權(quán)，又有區(qū)里的人給你撐腰，還有什么事不成的。
She did not want to deck herself with knowledge.
她并不想把知識當(dāng)裝飾品。
The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed, when it cannot be overcome.
缺乏信仰是一種缺點(diǎn)，不能克服時應(yīng)加以掩蓋。
If you have anything on which you want my opinions, feel free to see me.
如果你們有什么事需要征求我的意見的話，隨時來找我。
"You mean you want a divorce now? " "If I get custody of Billy, " she said.
“你意思是說現(xiàn)在要離婚？”“要是我得到比利的監(jiān)護(hù)權(quán)，”她說。
The other two want to keep the gold for themselves, and so they hit him on the head and left him in the other room.
另外兩個想獨(dú)占金子，就打傷了他的頭，把他扔在另一個房間里。
Roberta, even before the arrival of Clyde in her life, did not want to be so clung to.
即便在克萊德跟自己來往以前，羅伯塔也不希望這樣粘在一起。
He would not be quite able to comprehend why a black boy would want to read Mencken.
他不太能搞清楚為什么一個黑孩子要讀門肯的書。
"My man, " said he, "we want you to serve in the round-house. You and Ransome are to change berths. "
“我的伙計，”他說，“我們要你在后甲板室服侍哩，你跟蘭塞姆對調(diào)一下床位吧。”
If he's in any real want I'm prepared to help him a little.
如果他的生活真貧困不堪，我還是準(zhǔn)備幫助幫助他。
"Well, if I had a son of my own, " said the nobleman, "I would want no fairer wife for him than this. "
“嗨，如果我有兒子，”那位貴族說：“我就給他娶這位姑娘，別的姑娘再好也不要。”
Do what you think right. But I don't want you to be thieves.
你們覺得該怎么做就怎么做吧。不過我不希望你們做強(qiáng)盜。
His eyes want all that spirit, that fire, which at once announce virtue and intelligence.
他的眼睛里缺乏那種能馬上表現(xiàn)出美德與智慧的神情與光芒。
They begin to tell you what's sensible and what's foolish, and want you to stick at home all the time.
他們告訴你什么是賢慧的，什么是愚蠢的，要你一天到晚守在家里。
They want to see what we were able to do with the most poverty-ridden section of the United States.
他們想看看我們把美國最貧窮的地區(qū)改造成什么樣。
I won't come on deck, I think I'll turn in, and unless the wind shifts, I don't want to be disturbed before midnight. I feel a bit seedy.
我不上甲板了，我要上床了。要是風(fēng)向不轉(zhuǎn)，午夜之前別來叫我。我覺得有點(diǎn)不舒服。
We're not politicians, like you; we've gone through hell long enough to want something of the other thing.
我們不像你，我們都不是政客；我們已經(jīng)吃夠了苦，要嘗嘗別的滋味了。
"Boys, " said the father wearily, "I want you to keep the land together and to be guided by your sister. "
“孩子們”父親疲憊地說：“你們要聽姐姐的話，同心協(xié)力把這片土地管理好。”
"Tell us what it is you want, and do not interrupt the court, " said the magistrate.
市政官說：“告訴我們你究竟要什么，不要擾亂公堂！”
He did not want-he should not desire to be the master.
他不想--也不該巴望當(dāng)主子。
If you want her to like you, don't abuse your brother to her.
你如果要她喜歡你，你就不要在她面前說你兄弟的壞話。
I understood that he did not want to hear the enterprise again until after the election.
我知道他在大選前不想再過問此事了。
He swore by the name of God that he couldn't want to let such a small matter come between me and my sleep.
他以上帝的名義發(fā)誓，他不想讓這樣的小事妨礙我睡覺。
Mister Pollack did not want to work on a ship. He was a farmer and loved the land.
波來克先生可不愿意到船上去工作，他是個農(nóng)夫，酷愛田地。
You can even sign up for her newsletter and she will give you all the professional tips and goodies you could ever want. Check it out!
你甚至可以注冊為她通訊，她會給你所有的專業(yè)技巧和好吃的東西你可能想要的。
"We have been through a 10-year fight and I don't want it to turn into a 100-year war, " says Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel.
公司首席律師布拉德?史密斯（BradSmith）表示：“我們已經(jīng)打了十年，我可不希望這場仗變成一場百年戰(zhàn)爭。”
He listens to me all the time. Like the other day when I told him to go to that party, so he did, even mum didn't really want him to.
他任何時候都聽我的話。就像那天我讓他去參加那個派對，他就去了，盡管媽媽當(dāng)時不允許他去。
China will soon want to see its own currency included in the basket, as well as the renminbi used as a means of payment in bilateral trade.
中國很快將要求自己的貨幣被加入籃子，并在雙邊貿(mào)易中使用人民幣作為中間支付手段。
In the past, I thought I didn't have to worry about it, I was just a kid. As I get older, I started to have an idea of what I want to be.
過去，我認(rèn)為自己是個孩子，一點(diǎn)也考慮過這個問題。隨著我逐漸長大，我開始思考這個問題。
Evolutionarily, if lots of women want to have sex with you it would be stupid to say no.
你想啊，要是很多女人想和你上床的話，拒絕她們顯然很傻。
As I realized I had quite a bit of stamina, I began to want to test myself against others.
隨著我意識到我擁有一些耐力的潛質(zhì)，我開始把自己和其他人做測試。
What you want, should I just cry on your shoulder and tell you everything is all better now?
我是不是該靠在你的肩膀上大哭一場然后告訴你好點(diǎn)了？
The only thing I got from that speech was that people do not want to admit they're Polish.
我從他們的話里得出的唯一結(jié)論就是，人們不愿意承認(rèn)自己是波蘭人。
Yet as I selected and read, and selected and read again, it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.
我挑選讀過一次后，又挑選讀了一遍，但那并不是一張賀卡所能表達(dá)出我想對您說的話的。
"We want them not to be the exception, but to be the majority of patients with this disease, " she said.
“我們希望這不是例外，而是大多數(shù)患此病患者都能做到的，”她說。
Lambda If you just want to create a temporary function and don't want to bother giving it a name, lambda is what you need.
如果你只是想創(chuàng)建一個臨時函數(shù)，并不想給它一個命名，lambda如你所愿。
Sevilla want to keep him for the time being, but let us just wait and see whether there is a chance of a January return to Italy.
塞維利亞希望留住他，但我們會等待一段時間，看看他是否有機(jī)會在一月份回到意大利。
It feels great and brings you happiness because you know you'll have more freedom and time to do what you want.
你看到快樂和奇妙，因為你知道你會有更多的自由和時間去干你想干的事。
Type the total number of replies (from all recipients) that you want to be automatically processed.
鍵入希望自動處理的答復(fù)（來自所有收件人）總數(shù)。
The girl did not want to go out with him because he was an octopus.
這女孩不愿與他外出，因為他毛手毛腳。
If you want maximum impact from your subject's eyes and expression, line them up with her nose.
如果你想讓模特的眼睛和表情表現(xiàn)最大的沖擊力，讓她們將眼睛放整齊的與鼻子垂直。
Lily, I have to tell you that I don't want to be an Adonis. This is the reason why I refused to go with you.
莉莉，我只好明白地跟你說，我不愿意吃軟飯，因此，只能拒絕你的邀請。
"I don't want to be one of those elders who castigate young peoples' form of communication, " she said.
“我不想變成那種批評年輕人溝通方式的老人，”她說。
Needless to say, if the books in a library were kept in random order, it would be impossible for readers to find the books they want.
不用說，如果圖書館的書陳列的毫無章法，讀者不可能找到他們所要的書。
I hope your affliction is not caused for fear I should be unkind to you for want of a portion.
我希望你之所以難過并不是因為怕我看到你沒有妝奩，會待你不好。
Come on, or we shall be late for the fun, and I want to see it, miracle or not.
走吧，要不然咱們就看不上這場好戲了。我是真想看一不管它算不算奇跡。
There will always be those who will want to take an extra month or two to do further research on the shape of the roof on a new car.
總是有人想多花一兩個月去進(jìn)一步研究新車車頂的形狀。
We do not want to cover up the mistake on this, of course, and we have criticized those who have done this.
當(dāng)然，我們不想掩蓋在這件事上的錯誤，我們已經(jīng)批評了做這件事的人。
If you will come down to such a beast as I am, I want to be to you the best a man can be to a woman, Hilma.
如果你肯降低了身份，象我這么一頭畜生的話，我就要萬分體貼的待你，竭盡一個男人體貼女人之能事，希爾瑪。
One of the topics on which she most frequently dwelt was their want of family.
她經(jīng)常提到的一點(diǎn)就是他們少一個孩子。
I want you to think of your mother and your sister and your brothers, and be a good girl.
我要你想一想你的母親，你的妹妹和你的哥哥，做一個循規(guī)蹈矩的女孩子。
You'll have to book (up) well in advance if you want to see an excellent floor show.
如果你想看夜總會精彩的系列文娛表演，你得提前很多預(yù)訂座位。
"Biddy, " said I, after binding her to a secrecy, "I want to be a gentleman. "
我先叮囑畢蒂務(wù)必保守秘密，接著就說：“畢蒂，我真想做個上等人啊。”
I don't want to put you to any bother .
我不想給你添亂子。
