一、详细释义:
n.
需要的东西;必需品
例句:
Many thousands are in want of basic needs.
好几千人缺乏基本的必需品。
例句:
What a terrible thing it must be to live in want!
在缺乏生活必需品的情况下生活,真可怕!
缺乏,不足 [U]
例句:
He did not get the promotion for want of judgment.
他因缺乏判断力而未获提升。
例句:
Thay died for want of food.
他们因食物不足而死。
匮乏,贫困 [U]
例句:
Want and necessity break faiths and oaths.
匮乏和需要可以打破信仰和誓言。
需要 [U]
例句:
The house is in want of repair.
这屋子需要修理了。
v.
要,想要 [T]
例句:
I don't want my daughter taken out after dark.
我不愿有人在天黑以后带我女儿外出。
例句:
He wants you to see him in London without fail.
他要你务必在伦敦见他。
想见;要求(某人)来;想用(某人) [T]
例句:
You're wanted on the phone.
有你的电话。
缉拿,追捕 [T]
例句:
They want the man for murder.
他们因谋杀罪在缉拿那男子。
例句:
The robber is wanted by the police.
警方在通缉那个强盗。
需要 [T]
例句:
Your coat wants washing.
你的衣服该洗了。
例句:
What you want is a holiday.
你所需要的是度假。
【口】应该 [T]
例句:
You want to tell him the truth.
你应该把实情告诉他。
例句:
I want to help them.
我应该帮助他们。
缺乏,缺少;需要 [I,T]
例句:
We may go further, and affirm most truly that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends.
我们不妨更进一步并且很真实地断言说,缺乏真正的朋友乃是纯粹可怜的孤独。
例句:
He certainly does not want intelligence.
他当然并不傻。
生活困苦,贫困 [I]
例句:
The opera star wanted in her later years.
那位歌剧明星晚年生活困苦。
二、词义辨析:
desire,wish,hope,expect,want,long
这些动词都有“希望”之意。desire语气较正式庄重,着重渴望的力量与热切,常含有强烈的意图和目的。wish语气较弱,多指难于实现或不可能实现的愿望。hope指对愿望实现有一定信心的希望。expect通常指有很大程度的把握,但仍含有预料之意,或预计某事或某行动的发生。want一般指所想要的东西是切望得到的东西,能弥补实际需要。 long语气强,指极殷切地盼望着,这种盼望侧重于很难或不可能得到的东西。有时也指一般愿望,但含一定感情色彩。
三、词义辨析: