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Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will , rather than of means, that man fails to to succeed.
没有什么事情是不可能的，人们总是因为空想而不行动导致最终的失败
The field at least looks better than it did in September, when the deadline had to be extended for want of suitable names.
不过这至少比九月的情况要好，当时为了找到合适的候选人不得不将选举期限拖后。
Life in that home had not been easy. There had been times of food shortages, times when they had shivered at night for want of fuel.
生活在这个家中并不容易。有时会出现粮食短缺，有时他们会在夜间冻得发抖因缺少燃料。
Experimenters have yet to see such a frame, but the null result may simply be for want of sufficient precision.
实验学家目前还没看到这样的座标，不过看不出迹象并不代表没有，也许只是缺乏足够的精确度使然。
It was like the parable of "For Want of a Nail, The Kingdom Was Lost, " but in reverse: By finding the nail, the kingdom was won.
这就好像“少了钉子，丢了王国。”[2]的寓言故事。
For want of a bit of incriminating proof was such a young, silent, vain crook as this to be allowed to escape?
难道为了缺少一点点证明他罪行的证据，就让这个年轻，不肯开腔，爱虚荣的骗子逃脱么？
I confess that as a young girl I loved a man who would not marry me for want of a dowry.
我承认，作为一个年轻的姑娘我喜欢一个人谁不希望我结婚的嫁妆。
Money is often lost for want of money.
往往由於缺乏金钱而丧失金钱。
I confess. . . as a girl I loved a man who would not marry me for want of a dowry.
我承认，当我还是一个女孩时，我爱上了一个男人，但他不会娶一个没有嫁妆的女孩。
But, for want of any other reliable measure, they often get tallied in dollars.
只是，美之外人们希望从艺术作品中得到的东西往往跟钱有关。
The demise of this conventional market wisdom is one of the achievements, for want of a better word, of European Monetary Union.
这一传统市场智慧的消亡，是欧洲货币联盟（EuropeanMonetaryUnion，EMU）的成就——实在找不出比它更恰当的词汇了——之一。
In less than a year the business had to close for want of customers.
但不到一年后，这家店铺便因为缺少顾客而关门大吉。
At this time of the year, Stonehenge becomes for want of the better world, a makeup for hippies and people with pagan beliefs.
今年此时，巨石阵成为了对美好世界的向往、嬉皮士和异教徒的一个标志。
KING: When did you know that you were, for want of a better term, different?
金：你什么时候知道，想不出更好的词，你和别人不同？
This country is no longer taking this road, call it for want of a better term, the 'right road'.
这个国家不再走这条路，或者用更恰当的术语“极右的道路”。
I hope your affliction is not caused for fear I should be unkind to you for want of a portion.
我希望你之所以难过并不是因为怕我看到你没有妆奁，会待你不好。
Experts estimate that more than 100, 000 children a year still die there from complications of measles for want of a 15 cent vaccine.
专家估计每年印度仍有超过十万的儿童死于麻疹并发症，虽然接种疫苗只需要15美分。
But many others end up in prison for want of anywhere else to go.
但是许多想要出去的犯人也在监狱度过余生。
For want of any better sequence, I have listed them in each part simply in the chronological order in which they were assigned.
因没有更好的顺序安排，在每一部分（习题）中，我仅仅按照它们当时被布置的时间顺序排列。
During the year , the Council held six Council meetings and four working sessions for want of a quorum .
年内，法援局举行了六次法援局会议，及因法定人数不足举行了四个工作会。
I hope your affliction is not caused for fear I should be unkind to you for want of a portion.
我希望你之所以难过并不是因为怕我看到你没有妆奁，会待你不好。
It was not for want of trying; it was not because he was lazy.
这并不是因为他不努力，也不是因为他懒惰。
Yet the officer in charge would not simply give her the permit for want of a bribe.
偏偏那位官员不愿给予此项许可假如老太不向他行贿。
But in the 1890s it yielded its popularity to a new movement, which is called for want of a better name post-impressionism.
但是到十九世纪九十年代，它把流行度让位给了一个新运动，因为缺乏更好的名字，就称之为后印象派。
All this is an ideal of justice, the need for transparency, for want of truth and love for Italy, and sports.
所有这是一个正义的理想，对透明度的需要，要为真理和爱意大利，体育等。
"The court will not allow a trust to fail for want of a trustee"
“衡平法院不会使信托因缺少受托人而失效”
And for want of a better alternative, the White House haschosen Mr Boehner's.
此外，因缺乏更好的人选，白宫只能委屈伯纳先生了。
Their lack of water was not for want of backbreaking work in trying to find the stuff.
缺水的原因不是他们没有付出足够的努力。
If you watch it passively, automatically, and for want of anything better to do, it can be a drain on happiness.
如果你在被动地、无意识地看、没有别的更好的事情可以做，那么它往往会把快乐吸走。
"For want of a nail the horse was lost" is a far more accurate guide to human events than the scrutiny of heavenly portents.
用“因小失大”的准则来认识人类事件，要比夜观天象准确得多。
Better data more openly analysed: exactly what climate sceptics (for want of a better word[2]) say that they want and thus should welcome.
更好的数据更公开地分析，这也是环境怀疑论者（姑且这么称呼[2]）说他们希望也因此所欢迎的。
That's not for want of trying, though. The US has had zero short-term interest rates for well over two years.
虽然，这不是想要去尝试，但美国已经超过两年零短期利率了。
But for want of a functioning regional forum, the issue is pursued bilaterally.
但是要建立一个能工作的区域论坛，这一问题是双边所追求的。
I saw several Sugar Canes , but wild, and for want of Cultivation, imperfect.
我还看到一些甘蔗，因为是野生的，未经人工栽培，所以不太好吃。
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
在山上被大雨淋湿，因没有避身之处就挨近磐石。
However it was not for want of trying, and this Sunday you can bet Arsenal's front line will come out swinging.
不过这并不令人沮丧，本周日可以打赌阿森纳的进攻一定打得有声有色。
And if he be hindered from sinning for want of power, if he shall find opportunity to do evil, he will do it.
假使因软弱无力，不能犯罪，一旦遇到机会，他必要作恶。
This isn't for want of trying: inventors have been working on creating real working jetpacks for more than 60 years, with mixed results.
人们并不缺少尝试：发明家研制喷气背包已逾60年，成果五花八门。
If Adams seems unconcerned with appearing old-fashioned, Stephen Shore is, for want of a better word, a modernist.
如果亚当斯看上去是对过时的东西漠不关心的话，那么史蒂芬.肖尔，用一个比较好的词语来形容的话，他就是一个现代主义者。
Canes, but wild, and for want of Cultivation, imperfect.
还看些甘蔗，野，未栽培，吃。
She decided to accept the offer for want of anything better.
她决定接受这一提议，因为没有更好一些的。
Some of the wounded soldiers died for want of medicine.
有些士兵因为缺乏药物而死。
