新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

want

英 [wɒnt]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

wants
1. [PL 复数] 想要的东西
Your wants are the things that you want.
双语例句
例：
She couldn't lift a spoon without a servant anticipating her wants and getting it for her.
若没有佣人事先想她所想并为她准备妥当，她连个汤勺都举不起来。

PHRASE. 习语

for want of
1. 由于缺少
If you do something for want of something else, you do it because the other thing is not available or not possible.
双语例句
例：
The factories shut down for want of fuel and materials.
这家工厂由于缺少燃料和原料而停产。

VERB. 动词

wants , wanting , wanted
1. [T 及物动词] 想要
If you want something, you feel a desire or a need for it.
双语例句
例：
I want a drink.
我想要点喝的。
例：
People wanted to know who this talented designer was.
人们想知道这位天才的设计者是谁。
例：
They began to want their father to be the same as other daddies.
他们开始想要自己的爸爸和别人的爸爸一样。
例：
They didn't want people staring at them as they sat on the lawn, so they put up high walls.
他们不想自己坐在草坪时被人盯着看，所以修筑了高墙。
2. [T 及物动词] 想要（说）
You can say that you want to say something to indicate that you are about to say it.
双语例句
例：
I want to say how delighted I am that you're having a baby.
我想要说，你怀孕了我是多么高兴啊。
3. [T 及物动词] 想要得到 , 想做
If you say to someone that you want something, or ask them if they want to do it, you are firmly telling them what you want or what you want them to do.
双语例句
例：
I want an explanation from you, Jeremy.
杰里米，我需要你解释一下。
例：
Do you want to tell me what all this is about?
你不打算告诉我这一切都是怎么回事吗？
4. [T 及物动词] 必须
If you tell someone that they want to do a particular thing, you are advising them to do it.
近义词
ought
双语例句
例：
You want to be very careful not to have a man like Crevecoeur for an enemy.
你应当格外小心，不要与像克雷弗克那样的人为敌。
5. [T 及物动词] 通缉
If someone is wanted by the police, the police are searching for them because they are thought to have committed a crime.
双语例句
例：
He was wanted for the murder of a judge.
他因谋杀一位法官而被通缉。