want
美 [wɑnt]
英 [wɒnt] 
- v.要;希望;想要;需要
- n.缺乏;缺少;匮乏;贫困
- 网络欲望;想要某物
词形变化
第三人称单数:wants 现在分词:wanting 过去式:wanted 同义词
英汉双解
希望wish
1. | 要;想要;希望to have a desire or a wish for sth |
| Do you want some more tea? 你再要点儿茶吗? |
| She's always wanted a large family. 她一直希望生一大群孩子。 |
| All I want is the truth. 我只想知道实情。 |
| Thanks for the present─it's just what I wanted . 感谢赠我这份礼物,这正是我想要的。 |
| 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兴。 |
| The party wants her as leader. 这个政党希望由她做领袖。 |
| 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!’ “你该做作业了。”“我就是不想做!” |
| There are two points which I wanted to make. 我想要指出的有两点。 |
| 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 . 如果你想来也可以来。 |
| Do you want me to help? 你要我帮忙吗? |
| We didn't want this to happen. 我们并不希望发生这样的事情。 |
| I want it (to be) done as quickly as possible. 我希望这件事尽快完成。 |
| I don't want you coming home so late. 我不希望你这么晚回家。 |
| 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. 我们的新办公室需要添些家具。 |
| What this house wants is a good clean. 这房子需要好好打扫一下。 |
| The plants want watering daily. 这些植物需要天天浇水。 |
| The plants want to be watered daily. 这些植物需要天天浇水。 |
3. | [usupass] ~ sb (+ adv./prep.) 需要…在场to need sb to be present in the place or for the purpose mentioned |
| She's wanted immediately in the director's office. 她得马上到主任办公室去。 |
| Excuse me, you're wanted on the phone. 对不起,有你的电话。 |
应该should/ought to
4. |
~ to do sth (用于提出建议)应该used to give advice to sb, meaning ‘should’ or ‘ought to’ |
| If possible, you want to avoid alcohol. 你应尽可能避免饮酒。 |
| He wants to be more careful. 他应多加小心。 |
| You don't want to do it like that. 你不应那样做。 |
有性欲feel sexual desire
5. | ~ sb 对…有性欲to feel sexual desire for sb |
缺少lack
| He doesn't want courage. 他有的是勇气。 |
需要的东西sth you need
1. | [c][usupl] 需要的东西;想望的东西something that you need or want |
| She spent her life pandering to the wants of her children. 她一生都在设法满足子女的需要。 |
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 缺少足够的医疗设施 |
贫穷being poor
3. | [u] 贫穷;贫困;匮乏the state of being poor, not having food, etc. |
| Visitors to the slums were clearly shocked to see so many families living in want . 到过贫民窟的人看到有这么多的家庭生活在贫苦之中显然震惊不已。 |
习惯用语
not want to know (about sth)
不想知道;不愿理会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) . 我尝试向她请教,但她却不愿理会。 |
| ‘How much was it?’ ‘ You don't want to know ’(= it is better if you don't know) . “这要多少钱?”“你还是不知道的好。” |
want rid of sb/sth
想摆脱;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? 你是在说要甩掉我吗? |
what do you want?
(语带指责)你在这里干什么;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
因为缺乏…because of a lack of sth; because sth is not available
| The project failed for want of financial backing. 这个项目由于缺少财政支援而告吹。 |
| We call our music ‘postmodern’ for the want of a better word. 由于没有更合适的词来表达,我们把我们的音乐称作“后现代风格”。 |
in want of sth
| The present system is in want of a total review. 目前的系统需要全面的复查。 |
not for (the) want of doing sth
并非办事不力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) . 如果他没能使他们信服,这倒不是由于努力不够。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
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. "
“在此问题上,我们将共同努力以增进贸易互信,也希望你们对美国牛肉消费抱有信心”。
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.
我要你们向我保证,你们必须告诉我的孩子,我有多么的爱他们,每天都是。提醒他们一定要珍惜自由,因为我们,我们自由了。
We want to see, as I said, what steps the Syrians are willing to take to address our issues.
就像我刚才说的那样,我们希望看到叙利亚将愿意采取什么步骤来解决我们关注的问题。
She spoke as if she did not want to cause him any more trouble.
她说话的口吻似乎表明她不想再给他添更多的麻烦。
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离开这里,所有到阿拉斯加的安克雷奇市的航班实际上都是在登机状态。
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,当你想出去,但它开始下雨了,就像你出门。
When my mother was dying, she did want me to see, she died when I was teaching.
我十分能理解,人死的时候,总是不希望至亲看见。
and that is not exactly what He said, but I want you to understand the meaning of it.
当然,这不完全是他当时所说的话,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.
你很容易因为你想得到的东西而丧失远见,尤其在你没得到它的时候。
However, what you really want is to have only one such situation being detected for each pair of buy and sell events.
但是,您真正希望的是对于每一对买入和卖出事件,您仅检查到一个这样的情形。
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给它进行一下快速冲洗,而后你你就可以冲洗掉在它上面的肥皂的残留物。
"There's room there to help, but whether it's as much as people want we'll have to figure out, " he said.
“这里有提供帮助的余地,但这是不是人们想要的那么多,我们必须弄清楚,”佐立克说。
Let's wait to see how much the main course is. I don't want to be stuffed and keep on shopping.
咱们待会儿看看主菜的量有多少再说吧。我不想撑着肚子继续购物。
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.
不要有什么俏皮话,我不想让她觉得我是那种巧舌如簧的人,常常在地铁里追女孩子。
I also want to look for a girlfriend, but I am not so handsome, therefore I simply did not think these impossible things!
我也想找个女朋友,可是我长的对不起观众,所以我就干脆不想那些虚无的东西了!
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.
同样道理,如果你希望你的仆人不犯错误,这等同于你希望邪恶不邪恶,那你这不是自找烦恼。
It is quite fair because what and how much you want should be acquired with equivalent effort and cost.
这很公平,你想要什么,想要多少,就必须为此付出多少努力和代价。
Say you want me with you here, beside you.
说你需要我在你身旁。
I know how much you want to win.
我知道你求胜心切。
We will only reach out to parents to obtain what they want, something for nothing seems to have become a matter of course.
我们只会向父母伸出手去索取自己想要的东西,不劳而获似乎已经成为了理所当然的事情。
He stopped. "Want to hear some more? " "Shoot, " I said.
他顿住了。“还想听下去吗?”“讲吧,”我说。
I did not want to become involved in the fishing which had its good times and its slack times.
我不愿陷入钓鱼的习惯,而钓鱼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.
把琼这件婚事办完,敢说要用到他的全部现款。
There was some blood on the sleeve of his sweater and he didn't want anybody coming in and howling about it.
他的运动衫袖子上沾着鲜血,他不希望有人进来大惊小怪地嚷嚷。
If you want to call a meeting or anything, just let me know.
要是你想召集个会议什么的,就请告诉我。
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,尼姆认为,一般的公众还没理解,或者是不想理解眼下发生的事情的全部意义。
You want to be membered for the country, where with your own vote and your borough at your back, you can command anything.
我知道你想做你们区里的国会代表,这样你自己有选举权,又有区里的人给你撑腰,还有什么事不成的。
She did not want to deck herself with knowledge.
她并不想把知识当装饰品。
The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed, when it cannot be overcome.
缺乏信仰是一种缺点,不能克服时应加以掩盖。
If you have anything on which you want my opinions, feel free to see me.
如果你们有什么事需要征求我的意见的话,随时来找我。
"You mean you want a divorce now? " "If I get custody of Billy, " she said.
“你意思是说现在要离婚?”“要是我得到比利的监护权,”她说。
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.
另外两个想独占金子,就打伤了他的头,把他扔在另一个房间里。
Roberta, even before the arrival of Clyde in her life, did not want to be so clung to.
即便在克莱德跟自己来往以前,罗伯塔也不希望这样粘在一起。
He would not be quite able to comprehend why a black boy would want to read Mencken.
他不太能搞清楚为什么一个黑孩子要读门肯的书。
"My man, " said he, "we want you to serve in the round-house. You and Ransome are to change berths. "
“我的伙计,”他说,“我们要你在后甲板室服侍哩,你跟兰塞姆对调一下床位吧。”
If he's in any real want I'm prepared to help him a little.
如果他的生活真贫困不堪,我还是准备帮助帮助他。
"Well, if I had a son of my own, " said the nobleman, "I would want no fairer wife for him than this. "
“嗨,如果我有儿子,”那位贵族说:“我就给他娶这位姑娘,别的姑娘再好也不要。”
Do what you think right. But I don't want you to be thieves.
你们觉得该怎么做就怎么做吧。不过我不希望你们做强盗。
His eyes want all that spirit, that fire, which at once announce virtue and intelligence.
他的眼睛里缺乏那种能马上表现出美德与智慧的神情与光芒。
They begin to tell you what's sensible and what's foolish, and want you to stick at home all the time.
他们告诉你什么是贤慧的,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.
他们想看看我们把美国最贫穷的地区改造成什么样。
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。要是风向不转,午夜之前别来叫我。我觉得有点不舒服。
We're not politicians, like you; we've gone through hell long enough to want something of the other thing.
我们不像你,我们都不是政客;我们已经吃够了苦,要尝尝别的滋味了。
"Boys, " said the father wearily, "I want you to keep the land together and to be guided by your sister. "
“孩子们”父亲疲惫地说:“你们要听姐姐的话,同心协力把这片土地管理好。”
"Tell us what it is you want, and do not interrupt the court, " said the magistrate.
市政官说:“告诉我们你究竟要什么,不要扰乱公堂!”
He did not want-he should not desire to be the master.
他不想--也不该巴望当主子。
If you want her to like you, don't abuse your brother to her.
你如果要她喜欢你,你就不要在她面前说你兄弟的坏话。
I understood that he did not want to hear the enterprise again until after the election.
我知道他在大选前不想再过问此事了。
He swore by the name of God that he couldn't want to let such a small matter come between me and my sleep.
他以上帝的名义发誓,他不想让这样的小事妨碍我睡觉。
Mister Pollack did not want to work on a ship. He was a farmer and loved the land.
波来克先生可不愿意到船上去工作,他是个农夫,酷爱田地。
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!
你甚至可以注册为她通讯,她会给你所有的专业技巧和好吃的东西你可能想要的。
"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.
公司首席律师布拉德•史密斯(BradSmith)表示:“我们已经打了十年,我可不希望这场仗变成一场百年战争。”
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.
他任何时候都听我的话。就像那天我让他去参加那个派对,他就去了,尽管妈妈当时不允许他去。
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.
中国很快将要求自己的货币被加入篮子,并在双边贸易中使用人民币作为中间支付手段。
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.
过去,我认为自己是个孩子,一点也考虑过这个问题。随着我逐渐长大,我开始思考这个问题。
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话,拒绝她们显然很傻。
As I realized I had quite a bit of stamina, I began to want to test myself against others.
随着我意识到我拥有一些耐力的潜质,我开始把自己和其他人做测试。
What you want, should I just cry on your shoulder and tell you everything is all better now?
我是不是该靠在你的肩膀上大哭一场然后告诉你好点了?
The only thing I got from that speech was that people do not want to admit they're Polish.
我从他们的话里得出的唯一结论就是,人们不愿意承认自己是波兰人。
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.
我挑选读过一次后,又挑选读了一遍,但那并不是一张贺卡所能表达出我想对您说的话的。
"We want them not to be the exception, but to be the majority of patients with this disease, " she said.
“我们希望这不是例外,而是大多数患此病患者都能做到的,”她说。
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.
如果你只是想创建一个临时函数,并不想给它一个命名,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.
塞维利亚希望留住他,但我们会等待一段时间,看看他是否有机会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.
你看到快乐和奇妙,因为你知道你会有更多的自由和时间去干你想干的事。
Type the total number of replies (from all recipients) that you want to be automatically processed.
键入希望自动处理的答复(来自所有收件人)总数。
The girl did not want to go out with him because he was an octopus.
这女孩不愿与他外出,因为他毛手毛脚。
If you want maximum impact from your subject's eyes and expression, line them up with her nose.
如果你想让模特的眼睛和表情表现最大的冲击力,让她们将眼睛放整齐的与鼻子垂直。
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,我只好明白地跟你说,我不愿意吃软饭,因此,只能拒绝你的邀请。
"I don't want to be one of those elders who castigate young peoples' form of communication, " she said.
“我不想变成那种批评年轻人沟通方式的老人,”她说。
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.
不用说,如果图书馆的书陈列的毫无章法,读者不可能找到他们所要的书。
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。
Come on, or we shall be late for the fun, and I want to see it, miracle or not.
走吧,要不然咱们就看不上这场好戏了。我是真想看一不管它算不算奇迹。
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.
总是有人想多花一两个月去进一步研究新车车顶的形状。
We do not want to cover up the mistake on this, of course, and we have criticized those who have done this.
当然,我们不想掩盖在这件事上的错误,我们已经批评了做这件事的人。
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,象我这么一头畜生的话,我就要万分体贴的待你,竭尽一个男人体贴女人之能事,希尔玛。
One of the topics on which she most frequently dwelt was their want of family.
她经常提到的一点就是他们少一个孩子。
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亲,你的妹妹和你的哥哥,做一个循规蹈矩的女孩子。
You'll have to book (up) well in advance if you want to see an excellent floor show.
如果你想看夜总会精彩的系列文娱表演,你得提前很多预订座位。
"Biddy, " said I, after binding her to a secrecy, "I want to be a gentleman. "
我先叮嘱毕蒂务必保守秘密,接着就说:“毕蒂,我真想做个上等人啊。”
I don't want to put you to any bother .
我不想给你添乱子。