单词：want
音标：[wɒnt] ；
柯林斯词典等级：5 级；
牛津三千核心词汇；
n. 需要的东西, 缺乏, 贫困, 需要
vt. 要, 希望, 应该, 缺少
vi. 生活困苦, 需要, 缺少
vt. 要, 希望, 应该, 缺少
vi. 生活困苦, 需要, 缺少
v. have need of
v. hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
v. wish or demand the presence of
v. be without, lack; be deficient in
v. hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
v. wish or demand the presence of
v. be without, lack; be deficient in
词型变化：过去式 : wanted ; 第三人称单数 : wants ; 过去分词 : wanted ; 现在分词 : wanting ; 名词复数形式 : wants
考试类型：[中考/高考/GRE]
考试类型：[中考/高考/GRE]
词性分布：
want的用法和样例：
例句
用作动词(v.)
- I want large ones, not small ones.我要大的, 不要小的。
- He wants me to go with him.他希望我同他一起去。
- What they talked about is what we want to know.他们谈论什么是我们所想要知道的事。
- He is wanted by the police.警察正通缉他。
用作名词(n.)
- The plants died from want of water.这些植物因缺水而死。
- Their health had suffered from years of want.他们长年贫困影响了身体健康。
- Thus a computer is soon viewed as a need rather than a want.这样,计算机很快就被视为必需品,而非需求品。
常见句型
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+～(+A)- You shall never want while I have any money left.只要我有余钱,你就不会缺少什么。
- A few pages of this book are wanting.这本书缺几页。
- The brackets want an extra screw.托架需要再加一个螺丝钉。
- Children want plenty of sleep.儿童需要较多的睡眠。
- We wanted money badly to buy the machines we needed.我们迫切需要钱购买我们需要的机器。
- That sort of work wants a lot of patience.做这种工作需要很大的耐心。
- But the big monopoly capitalists do not want peace.但大垄断资本家不愿意要和平。
- What style do you want? —The usual uniform style.你要什么式样? ——就要平常的制服式样。
- She wants a holiday.她希望一次休假。
- He said he wanted a few words with me.他说他要和我说几句话。
- That sort of thing wants some doing.那种事情得花些工夫。
- The picture wants something of perfection.这幅画还有些不够完美。 1
- He is wanted by the police.警方要缉拿他。
- I've long wanted to come to your country.我老早就想到你们国家来。
- I have accepted this, not wanting to disappoint them.我不想让他们失望,就接受了这个。
- You can study any subject you want to.你可以学任何想学的科目。
- You're the very person I've been wanting to meet.你正是我一直想见的人。
- The children are always wanting to see you.孩子们总是想见你。
- They may be wanting to know when you leave for home.他们可能是想知道你什么时候回家。
- He wanted to have an operation.他需要动手术。
- You want to be careful while doing the experiment.做实验时你需小心。
- They had wanted to help you,but couldn't get here in time.他们本来是要帮你的忙,但没能及时赶到。
- It wants to be done with great care.这件事必须小心地去做才行。
- The boxes want to be numbered.这些盒子需要编号。
- I want to〔should〕 speak to you so badly all these days.这几天我迫切想和你谈谈。
- Were you wanting to see me?你想见我吗?
- Your hair wants cutting.你的头发该理了。
- This curtain wants washing.这窗帘该洗了。
- Your coat wants brushing.你的大衣需要刷一刷。
- His pipe wants cleaning.他的烟斗需要擦一擦了。
- The sheets for your bed will want airing,I suppose.我想,你的床单需要晾晒一下了。
- Our house wants doing up.我们的房子需要修一修。
- I want that people should appreciate what I say.我希望人们应该会理解我的话。
- He wanted that I should pay him next Monday.他要我下星期一付款。
- I want the letter ready by tomorrow.我要明天就准备好这封信。
- I want it back right now.我要别人立刻把它还给我。
- Are you sure you want me back?你确实想让我回来吗?
- Don't forget,I want my ladder back the moment you have finished with it!不要忘记,你一用完梯子就还回来!
- That child wants a nurse to look after him.那孩子需要保姆照顾他。
- The manager wants you to think it over.经理希望你仔细考虑一下。
- She wants Mary to go with her.她希望玛丽和她一道去。
- My classmates want me to work for the wall newspaper.我班同学要我担任墙报工作。
- He wants you to see him in his office tomorrow.他要你明天早上到他办公室找他。
- Don't you want someone to go along with you?你不想要谁和你一道去吗?
- I don't want that sort of thing to keep happening.我不愿老发生这样的事。
- I do not want you answering the question.我不需要你回答这个问题。
- Of course he wouldn't want others interfering in his affairs.他当然不会愿意别人干涉他的事。
- I wanted it answered how the picture was drawn.我想就这幅画是如何绘画的得到一个回答。
- I don't want the child left alone.我不希望把这孩子单独留下。
- He wants his sprained ankle carefully treated.他要叫人把他扭伤的足踝细心地医治。
- We don't want anything said about this.我们希望这事不要谈起了。
- He did not want anything crossed out.他希望不要把任何东西划掉。
- I want these shoes resoled.我想把这双鞋换鞋底。
- China wanted the boundary properly negotiated.中国希望就边界问题进行适当谈判。
- This child wants you out of the room.这孩子要你到外面去。
- The teacher wants you in the classroom.老师要你去教室。 1
- You're wanted on the phone.有你的电话。
- You're wanted at the director's office.要你到厂长办公室去一下。
- She is a wanted woman.她是通缉犯。
- That man is a little wanting.那人心智上有点缺陷。
用作名词(n.)
- Your work shows great want of judgement.你的工作表明你非常缺乏判断力。
- Your work shows want of care.你的工作证明你不够细心。
- For want of a nail the wheel came off.因少了一个钉子,这轮子掉下来了。
- For want of anything better to do, he continued to read.由于没有更好的事可做,因此他继续阅读。
- He failed for want of help.他因没有援助而失败。
- I fell sick for want of exercise.我因运动不足而生病。
- The houses were falling to pieces for want of care and a little paint.这些房屋没有油漆一下,又未维修,快要倒塌了。
- The boys were suffering from want of food.这些男孩子因缺少食物而受罪。
- She felt ill from want of air, so I opened the window.她因缺乏空气而感到不舒服,所以我把窗子打开了。
- The children are unhappy from want of love.这些孩子因为缺乏爱而不幸福。
- He's always in want of money.他总是缺钱。
- I'm in want of a good dictionary.我需要一本好的词典。
- The house is in want of repair.这房子需要修缮。
- You should try to reduce your wants.你应该努力减少需求。
- That supplies a want that has been felt for a long time.那个东西满足了长期以来的需要。
- Families were suffering from want.有些家庭正遭受着贫困。
- At that time, the labouring people were always reduced to want.那时,劳动人民总是穷得一无所有。
- What a terrible thing it must be to live in want!在贫困中生活,真可怕!
常用短语
用作动词(v.)
want for (v.+prep.)- 通缉wish to seize sb to punish him for (a crime)want for sth
Her little girl never wants for anything; she has everything she could possibly need.
她的小女儿永远不会缺少任何东西，凡是她可能需要的东西,她样样都有。
What do you want for more money for?You're earning good pay as it is!
你为何还要更多的钱?你现在的工资就不少了!
want sb/sth for sb/sthI want you for my wife, will you marry me?
我希望你做我的妻子,你同意嫁给我吗?
What do you want more money for?
你为何还要更多的钱?
Two men are wanted for special duties.
需要两人去执行特殊的任务。
want sb for sthDoesn't he look like that man who's wanted for the jewel robbery?
他不是很像那个因抢劫珠宝罪而受到通缉的罪犯吗?
It's better to be wanted for murder than not to be wanted at all.
为杀人罪受到通缉也比无人置理要好。
- 〈俚〉希望被接受desire to be acceptedwant in
The visitor wants in.
来访者想进来。
Open the door, will you?The cat wants in.
把门打开好吗?猫要进来。
want sb ⇔ inMother wants the doctor in, but I don't think it's as serious as that.
母亲希望把医生请来,不过我认为病情并不那么严重。
want inI talked with him about our plan, and he wanted in.
我同他谈了我们的计划,他想参加进来。
- 缺少lack sth necessary such as a qualitywant in sth
His book, while truthful, is wanting in excitement.
他的书写得非常真实,但兴味索然。
- 想要下车wish to leave a vehiclewant off
I must ring the bell; I want off at the next stop.
我必须拉铃,我要在下一站下车。
- 〈非正〉希望解脱出来wish to be freed from sth unpleasantI thought you were happy, it was such a shock when you said you wanted out.我还以为你很幸福,你说要摆脱婚姻的羁绊这使我大为震惊。
- 想要起床wish to get out of bedwant up
The boy must be feeling better, he's been wanting up all day.
这个男孩准是好多了,他整天都想要起床。
词汇搭配
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词- want a holiday希望休假
- want a lot of patience需要很大的耐心
- want mending需要补一补
- want nourishment需要营养
- want some doing花些工夫
- want water需要水
- want absolutely绝对想要
- want ardently热烈地希望
- want badly严重缺乏
- want casually偶尔打算
- want considerably相当需要
- want consistently一致希望
- want conspicuously明显地需要
- want deeply深深地需要
- want eagerly急切希望
- want earnestly殷切希望
- want eminently高度希望
- want entirely完全想要
- want excessively过多需要
- want exclusively完全想要
- want extremely非常想要
- want fairly相当需要
- want fully充分需要
- want genuinely真正地需要
- want heartily衷心地希望
- want honestly诚恳地希望
- want inevitably不可避免地需要
- want insistently引人注意地希望
- want intensely热情地希望
- want logically情理之中地需要
- want ludicrously荒唐可笑地需要
- want luxuriously奢侈地需要
- want materially物质上需要
- want momentarily顷刻之间想要
- want noiselessly悄悄地想要
- want nominally名义上想要
- want particularly特别地打算
- want passionately强烈地希望
- want prematurely过早地需要
- want probably可能需要
- want quaintly离奇地打算
- want righteously理所当然地想要
- want sadly严重地需要
- want satirically讽刺性地需要
- want severely严重需要
- want sincerely诚恳地希望
- want solely唯一想要
- want spontaneously自发的需要
- want steadily稳定的需要
- want strongly强烈地希望
- want substantially实实在在地需要
- want superficially表面上想要
- want tentatively暂时性地想要
- want thoroughly彻底需要
- want unaccountably莫名其妙地想要
- want universally普遍想要
- want unquestionably毫无疑问地希望
- want urgently急切需要
- want back期望回来
- want in想要进入
- want off想要下车
- want out想要出去
- want up想要起床
- want by the phone有电话找
- want for缺少,需要
- want in缺少
- want on the phone有电话找
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～- fit the want适合需要
- have no want of不需要
- material wants物质需求
- pressing want迫切的不足
- short-term want短期不足
- universal want普遍的不足
- emergency want紧急需求
经典引文
The Highlands..are still more impracticable, from the want of road and bridges.
出自：Country WalkingHe..does not want resolution, but it is mixed with too much obstinacy.
出自：L. Namier