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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- want
[wɔnt]
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1.
vt.
(wish for) 想要
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2.
vt.
[inf]
(need) 需要
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3.
noun
[s]
[frm]
want of (lack) 缺乏
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4.
n pl
wants (needs) 需求
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to want to do sth
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想要做某事
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to want sb to do sth
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希望某人做某事
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to want sth done
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要别人把某事做好
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your hair wants cutting/washing
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你的头发要剪剪/洗洗了
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you want to be more careful
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[inf] 你要多加小心
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you're wanted on the phone
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有你的电话
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he is wanted by the police
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他被警察通缉
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"cook wanted"
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“招聘厨师”
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if you want
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如果你乐意的话
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to want out
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[inf] 想退出
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to want in
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[inf] 想要加入
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for want of
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因为缺乏
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
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[wɒnt]
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1.
verb
要，想要
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At the moment, they don't seem to want to listen.
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那时候，他们似乎并不想听。
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I want my own room.
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我想有一间自己的房子。
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I want to go home now.
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我现在想回家了。
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2.
vt.
需要
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They try to ram down the throat of the public what the public does not want.
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他们试图用公众并不需要的东西填住公众的需求。
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This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner.
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这台钢琴需要一名合格的调音师来维护。
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3.
vt.
找寻；追捕
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He wants the killer brought to justice.
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他追捕凶手归案。
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Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI.
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你以前的邻居正被联邦调查局通缉。
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Uncle Sam wants you.
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山姆大叔想见你。
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4.
vt.
希望……到场，要求……出席
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With her mind wide open to this new enticing prospect, she wanted no audience.
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被这崭新的迷人景象打动，她希望没有人看见。
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I want you here at noon!
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我希望你中午到这里！
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5.
vt.
缺乏，缺少
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The argument is clear and intelligent, but wanting in evidence.
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论点清晰而明志，但是缺乏证据。
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6.
vt.
应该，必须
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7.
n.[u]
困苦，贫困
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He found 30 per cent of the inhabitants of London to be living "in poverty or in want".
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他发现伦敦百分之三十的居民生活在“贫困或者困苦中”。
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8.
n.[u]
缺乏，不足
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He was let of the charge for want of evidence.
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有人让他负责收集证据。
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For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
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由于没有钉牢，鞋子丢了。
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9.
n.[c]
需求品，必需品
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The organisation aims to meet the wants of the poor and homeless.
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这个组织的宗旨是满足穷人及无家可归者的需要。
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I tried to supply his wants.
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我努力满足他的要求。
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10.
n.[c]
欲求，愿望
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We must learn to separate our needs from our wants.
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我们必须学会将我们的需要和欲望分开。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- want
[wɒnt]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to feel a need or longing for
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I want a new hat
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2.
vt.
[when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive]
to wish, need, or desire (something or to do something)
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he wants to go home
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3.
vi.
[intr; usually used with a negative and often foll by for]
to be lacking or deficient (in something necessary or desirable)
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the child wants for nothing
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4.
vt.
[tr]
to feel the absence of
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lying on the ground makes me want my bed
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to fall short by (a specified amount)
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6.
vt.
[tr]
[chiefly Brit]
to have need of or require (doing or being something)
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your shoes want cleaning
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7.
vi.
[intr]
to be destitute
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8.
vt.
[tr; often passive]
to seek or request the presence of
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you're wanted upstairs
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9.
vi.
[intr]
to be absent
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10.
vt.
[tr; takes an infinitive]
[Spoken]
should or ought (to do something)
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you don't want to go out so late
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11.
n
the act or an instance of wanting
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12.
n
anything that is needed, desired, or lacked
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to supply someone's wants
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13.
n
a lack, shortage, or absence
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for want of common sense
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14.
n
the state of being in need; destitution
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the state should help those in want
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15.
n
a sense of lack; craving
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16.
n
[Etymology]
C12 (vb, in the sense: it is lacking), C13 (n): from Old Norse vanta to be deficient; related to Old English wanian to wane
- want
[wɒnt]
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1.
n
[English]
[Dialect]
a mole
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2.
n
[Etymology]
Old English wand
Examples
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Tomorrow I want to go to the balloon festival, do you want to come with me?
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明天我想去参加热气球节，你要和我一起去吗？
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They want to stay but at the same time they want to go.
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他们想留下，但同时又想走。
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Parents will want to invite many relatives, whereas you may want to invite more friends.
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父母想邀请很多亲戚，而你可能想多邀请些朋友。
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I don't want to start something, I just want leave.
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我并不想惹麻烦，我只想离开。
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freedom from want
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摆脱贫困
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to want a particular color
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要某种特殊颜色
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