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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

想要 [xiǎngyào]
  1. 1. verb desire; want; fancy; need

Examples

想要拥有知心朋友,贵在以心换心。
If you want to have intimate friends, it is very important for you to be sincere.
She couldn't wait to leave, so did I.
她迫不及待地想要离开,我也是。
to want/need sth badly
非常想要/需要某物
to feel like
想要
I can get anything I want just by snapping my fingers.
我可以轻而易举地得到任何想要的东西。
They have a tendency to fill the picture space.
他们想要充实一下这个贴图专区。
She loved art and colours and wanted everything colour co-ordinated.
她热爱艺术和颜色,而且想要所有的东西的色彩都很协调。
They have a shrewd understanding of what consumers want.
他们精明的领会到消费者想要的。

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