英汉词典

want 基本解释

• vt. 需要；希望；应该；缺少
• n. 需要；缺乏；贫困；必需品
• vi. 需要；缺少

want 词态变化

want 中文词源

来自Proto-Germanic*wano,缺乏，空无，词源同wane,waste,vanity。引申词义渴望，想要。

want 英文词源

want

want: [12] Etymologically, to want something is to ‘lack’ it (a sense still intact in the noun want); ‘wishing to have’ is a secondary extension of this. The word was borrowed from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking’. This in turn was descended from a prehistoric Germanic *wanatōn, which was formed from the base *wan- ‘lacking’ (source also of English wane).
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want (v.)

c. 1200, "to be lacking," from Old Norse vanta "to lack, want," earlier *wanaton, from Proto-Germanic *wanen, from PIE *we-no-, from root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out" (see vain). The meaning "desire, wish for, feel the need of" is recorded by 1706.

want (n.)

c. 1200, "deficiency, insufficiency, shortage," from want (v.) and from Old Norse vant, neuter of vanr "wanting, deficient;" related to Old English wanian "to diminish" (see wane). Meaning "state of destitution, poverty" is recorded from early 14c. Meaning "thing desired, that which is lacking but needed" is from 1560s. Phrase for want of is recorded from c. 1400. Newspaper want ad is recorded from 1897. Middle English had wantsum (c. 1200) "in want, deprived of," literally "want-some."

want 词组搭配

want 英文释义

1. a state of extreme poverty

2. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable;

"there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"

"water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"

"for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

3. anything that is necessary but lacking;

"he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"

"I tried to supply his wants"

4. a specific feeling of desire;

"he got his wish"

"he was above all wishing and desire"

want 同义词解析

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。

lack, need, want, require

这些动词均有"缺少，短少"之意。

lack： 指完全短缺或数量不足。

need： 语气较重，指需要必不可少的东西，强调急需。

want： 侧重缺少某种必需之物，或个人渴望得到的东西。

require： 使用广泛，语气较轻。强调急需时可与need换用，但有时暗示所需的人或物是完成某一任务必不可少的。

lack, want, absence, shortage, scarcity

这些名词均含"缺乏，不足"之意。

lack： 普通用词，指部分或完全的不足。

want： 指完全或短缺某物，侧重缺少之物是必需的东西。使用范围比lack窄些。

absence： 指某物根本不存在或完全短缺，或某人虽存在，但未到现场。

shortage： 指不足，但侧重达不到规定的，需要的或已知应有的数量。

scarcity： 指产量不足或缺乏某物难以应付或满足需要。

want 双语例句

1. When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.

当生活很艰难，你想要放弃的时候，请记住，生活充满了起起落落，如果没有低谷，那站在高处也失去了意义。

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2. The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.

你是什么样的人和你想成为什么样的之间的差距就是，你做了什么。

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3. I don't want any more of that heavy stuff.

我再也不想碰那种麻烦事了。

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4. "I want to send a telegram." — "Fine, to whom?"

“我想发份电报。”——“好的，发给谁？”

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5. "Steve, what do you want?" — "Coke, Pepsi, it doesn't matter."

“史蒂夫，你要喝点什么？”——“可口可乐，百事，随便啦。”

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want 实用场景例句

I want a drink...

我想喝点什么。

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Ian knows exactly what he wants in life...

伊恩很清楚他需要什么样的生活。

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I want to say how really delighted I am that you're having a baby...

我想说你怀孕了我有多高兴。

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Look, I wanted to apologize for today. I think I was a little hard on you.

听我说，我想就今天的事向你道歉。我觉得我对你有点过于苛刻了。

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Do you want another cup of coffee?...

你想再来一杯咖啡吗？

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Do you want to leave your bike here?

你想把自行车停在这里吗？

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I want an explanation from you, Jeremy...

杰里米，我需要你解释一下。

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If you have a problem with that, I want you to tell me right now...

如果你有异议，我要你马上告诉我。

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The windows wanted cleaning...

窗户该擦了。

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Her hair wants cutting.

她该剪头发了。

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You want to be very careful not to have a man like Crevecoeur for an enemy...

你应当格外小心，别与克雷弗克这样的人为敌。

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You want to look where you're going, mate.

伙计，你应当看看你要去哪里。

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They were wanted by the police...

他们被警方通缉。

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He has killed many in his time, and is wanted in at least three countries...

他那个时候杀了很多人，现在至少有3个国家在通缉他。

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Come on, darling. I want you.

亲爱的，过来。我想要你。

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Children should be wanted and planned...

应当好好照看孩子，并为他们规划一生。

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I want this baby very much, because it certainly will be the last.

我很爱这个小宝贝，因为它肯定是我最后一个孩子了。

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Albie wants you in his office...

阿尔比要你去他办公室。

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They didn't want her as attorney general...

他们不想要她做司法部长。

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...a want of manners and charm...

缺乏风度和魅力

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The men were daily becoming weaker from want of rest.

由于缺乏休息，这些男人日渐虚弱。

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He said they were fighting for freedom of speech, freedom of worship, and freedom from want.

他说他们在为言论自由而战，为信仰自由而战，为远离贫困而战。

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She couldn't lift a spoon without a servant anticipating her wants and getting it for her...

要是没有仆人事先想她所想并为她准备妥当，她连汤匙也举不起来。

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Supermarkets often claim that they are responding to the wants of consumers by providing packaged foods.

超市经常声称他们根据消费者的需要提供包装食品。

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Many of them had gone into teaching for want of anything better to do...

因为没有更好的工作，他们当中很多人做了教师。

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There was another emotion, and for want of a better word he called it grief.

还有一种情感，由于找不到更好的字眼来描绘，他称它为悲痛。

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Mary says you're welcome to stay the night if you want...

玛丽说如果你愿意，可以在这儿呆一宿。

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'Do you want to go through it all?' — 'Yeah, if you want.'

“你想把它都看完吗？”——“是的，如果你愿意的话。”

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'I don't want to appear big-headed,' explains Loubet, 'but I would say there is a 95% chance of success.'...

“我并不想显得自大，”劳伯特解释说，“但我有95%的成功把握。”

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Without wanting to sound mean about it, these things all have to come from a budget.

我并不想显得小气，但所有这些东西都必须从预算中开支。

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