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want

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want1 /wɒnt $ wɒːnt, wɑːnt/ ●●● S1 W1 verb
1  desire 渴望 [transitiveT]WANT to have a desire for something 想要〔某物〕
I really want a drink.
我很想喝一杯。
What do you want for your birthday?
你生日想要什麽禮物？
She’d always wanted to go to Thailand.
她一直想去泰國。
I don’t want Linda to hear about this.
我不想讓琳達聽到這事。
He didn’t want the holiday to end.
他不希望假期結束。
You can order whatever you want.
你想要什麽随便點。
This shampoo is mild enough to use every day if you want.
這種洗發液很溫和，你想天天用都可以。
If she doesn’t get what she wants, she’s not happy.
她要是得不到想要的就不開心。
He wanted that job so badly he was willing to kill for it.
他非常想得到那份工作，哪怕要爲此去殺人他都願意。
They desperately wanted a son.
他們非常想要個兒子。
What I want to know is when we’re going to get paid.
我想知道的是我們何時能拿到報酬。
All I want is the chance to prove myself.
我只想有個機會證明自己。
Oh thank you, it’s just what I’ve always wanted.
啊，謝謝你，這正是我一直想要的。
2  need 需要 [transitiveT]NEED used to say that you need something or to ask someone firmly to do something for you 需要〔某物〕；要〔某人做某事〕
Do you still want these magazines, or can I throw them out?
這些雜志你還需要嗎，還是可以扔掉了？
want something done
I want that letter typed today.
我要那封信今天就打好。
want somebody to do something
I want you to find out what they’re planning.
我要你查明他們有什麽計劃。
make you want to cry/throw up etc (=give you a strong feeling that you must do something) 使你想哭/想吐等
It always makes me want to sneeze.
它總讓我想打噴嚏。
What do you want with a tool kit (=what do you need it for)?
你要工具箱幹什麽？
want doing British EnglishBrE informal (=need to be done) 需要做…
The carpet really wants cleaning.
這塊地毯真的需要清洗了。
3  ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingoffer 提議 [transitiveT] used when offering or suggesting something to someone 想要
Do you want a drink?
你要喝點什麽嗎？
Do you want me to come with you?
你要我和你一起去嗎？
Want a game of chess?
想不想下盤棋？
Who wants a cup of coffee (=used to offer something to a group of people)?
誰要咖啡？
4  should 應該 [transitiveT] spoken especially British EnglishBrESHOULD/OUGHT TO used to say that something is sensible or that someone should do it, especially when giving advice 理應，應該〔尤用於提建議〕
may/might want to do something
You might want to install anti-virus software.
你也許應該安裝殺毒軟件。
wouldn’t want to do something (=used to say something would not be a good idea) 不應該做某事
I wouldn’t want to come here at night.
我可不想晚上到這地方來。
want to do something
You want to see a doctor about that cough.
你應該找醫生看一下咳嗽。
You don’t want to leave that – it’ll get wet.
你不該就讓它那麽放着，會弄濕的。
5  what do you want? used to ask, often in a slightly rude way, what someone wants you to give them, do for them etc 你想要什麽？〔稍顯無禮〕
What do you want now? I’m busy.
這會兒你想要什麽？我忙着呢。
What do you want – chocolate or vanilla?
你想要什麽，巧克力味的還是香草味的？
Examples from the Corpus
what do you want?• I can't pretend to be, and you know it, so what do you want?• By the way, what do you want for your birthday?• Now what do you want me to do?• What do you want now? I'm busy.• I was like, okay, what do you want to bet?• So we have to ask ourselves, what do these machines really want to do, what do they want to wear?
6  ask for SB 要求見某人 [transitiveT]ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something to ask for someone to come and talk to you, or to come to a particular place 要求〔某人〕到來；要求與〔某人〕談話；要〔某人〕到某地
You’re wanted on the phone.
有你的電話。
Christine wants you in her office now.
克裏斯蒂娜要你現在就到她辦公室去。
7  lack 缺少 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] formalNOT HAVE to suffer because you do not have something 缺乏，缺少〔某物，因而受苦〕
In many poorer countries, people still want basic food and shelter.
在許多貧困國家，人們仍然缺少必需的食物和住處。
8  if you want 
a) used to offer to do something 如果你想的話〔用於表示願意做某事〕
I’ll come with you if you want.
如果你想的話，我就陪你一起去。
b) used to invite someone to do something or to give them permission 如果你想的話〔用於邀請或允許某人做某事〕
Join in if you want.
要是你想的話就一起來吧。
You can stay if you want to.
如果你想留下就留下吧。
c) used when someone suggests doing something, to say that you will do it, although you do not especially want to 如果你想的話〔用於表示自己雖然不太樂意，但還是會做對方建議的事〕
‘Hey, shall we go to the beach?’ ‘If you want.’
“嘿，我們去海灘怎麽樣？”“好吧，如果你想去的話。”
Examples from the Corpus
if you want• If you want anything, ring.• Let me tell you where to hold these classes if you want it to work out.• If you wanted some, that wasn't the avenue to go down.• If you want to be kind, the character can find himself manacled to the wall in one of the empty cells.• If you want to have a life together, fine.• If you want to hear it, you have to drive it.• If I wanted to survive, I had no choice.• He could make it warmer if he wanted to.
9  who wants ...? DON'T LIKEused to say that you do not like something or do not think that it is worth doing 誰想要…？〔表示不喜歡某物，或認爲某事不值得去做〕
Who wants to go to a noisy disco anyway?
算了吧，誰想去鬧哄哄的迪斯科舞廳？
10  I just wanted to say/know etc used to politely say something, ask about something etc 我只想說/知道等〔用於禮貌地說或詢問某事等〕
I just wanted to check that the meeting is still on next week.
我就想問問清楚，會議是否仍定在下星期。
Examples from the Corpus
I just wanted to say/know etc• I asked them, and this is what they told me. I just wanted to know did you know any more.• The truth of it was, as miserable as things were, I just wanted to say I had been there.• In the ambulance, I just wanted to know the damage.
11  I don’t want to sound/be ..., but ...but ... I don’t want to sound/be ... used to be polite when you are going to tell someone something that may upset them 我不想顯得…，不過…
I don’t want to sound rude, but I think you’ve had too much to drink.
我不想顯得無禮，不過你已經喝得太多了。
12. sex 性 [transitiveT] informal if you want someone, you want to have sex with them 想要，要〔指想和某人發生性關系〕
13 want for something phrasal verbphr v not want for something/want for nothingNOT HAVE to have something you need, or everything you need 不缺某物/什麽也不缺
Say what you like, my kids never wanted for anything.
随便你怎麽說，反正我的孩子從來都不缺什麽。
Examples from the Corpus
want for • Shortly after, the Watch Committee decided unanimously that Henry Peck was no longer the man they wanted for Chief Constable.• Two of the brothers are wanted for crimes named in sealed indictments, according to U.• Bob continued to talk about the good life he wanted for him and Alice.• He'd want for nothing, and they worship him.• I was always wanted for something, and I was never in one place for too long.• Well, consider an instant poll of a class of first-year law students, asked Tuesday who they wanted for their dean.• In the meantime, what do you want for your birthday dinner?• That is a beautiful, beautiful speech I want for your father to hear it before he goes to sleep.
14 want in phrasal verbphr v informal 
a) especially American EnglishAmE to want to be involved in something 想參與
You want in, Mike?
你想加入嗎，邁克？
b) to want to go into a place 想進入
The dog wants in.
那條狗想進來。
15 want out phrasal verbphr v informal 
a) to want to stop being involved in something 想退出
She was fed up and she wanted out.
她厭倦了，想退出。
b) to want to leave a place 想離開，想出去
I think the cat wants out.
我覺得這貓想出去。
n COLLOCATIONS
adverbs
very much
She very much wanted to do the right thing.
badly
How badly do you want to win?
desperately
He desperately wants his mum and dad to get back together.
really
Do you really want to succeed?
just
I just want to be left alone.
phrases
whatever/anything you want
Now he can do whatever he wants.
whenever you want
Joanna is happy for him to see his son whenever he wants.
wherever you want
You can park wherever you want.
if you want (to)
You can go if you want.
get what you want
You’ve got what you wanted, so you might as well leave.
do what you want
You can do what you want, instead of being told what to do.
what I want to do is ...
What I want to do is develop the skills I already have.
all I want is ...
All I want is a normal life.
it’s just what I’ve always wanted (=used to thank someone for a present that you really like)
Thanks for the bread machine – it’s just what I’ve always wanted.
n Grammar
Patterns with want
You want something:
Do you want some more coffee?
You want to do something:
Do you want to have some more coffee?
You want someone to do something:
They want their son to go to a good university.
Want is not usually followed by a ‘that’ clause. ✗Don’t say: They want that their son goes to a good university.
You say I don’t want someone doing something, when this is annoying or causes problems:
I don’t want other people telling me how to spend my money.
You can also say:
I don’t want other people to tell me how to spend my money.
Using the progressive
Want is not usually used in the progressive. You say:
I want to sleep now.
I want some coffee.
✗Don’t say: I am wanting some coffee.
In spoken English, people sometimes say I’m wanting to describe their feelings about something that is happening right now or that they have just seen or heard about:
Suddenly I’m wanting to know more about this man.
Examples from the Corpus
want• You can go back to bed for a while if you want.• My parents moved out of London because they wanted a bigger house.• Major wanted chartered citizens to call Whitehall and get cones on clogged motorways removed.• And Lockheed Martin now wants clearance to export the new F-22 stealth fighter.• Do you just want clothes for your birthday?• He was obsessed with her and wanted her desperately.• Wiggins wanted his charges to prepare for the world of work.• What we want is a car that's cheap and reliable.• Do you want milk in your coffee?• I want some coffee.• Was it affection that made him want to agree, or guilt?• Stacey wants to be a doctor.• You don't really want to be a hairdresser, do you?• But you might also want to be bumped.• What do you want to be when you grow up, Clare?• Does he want to commit his whole life to her happiness?• He looked so cautious it made me want to cry.• What do you want to do at the weekend?• I want to see life, to travel the world, and write about what I see.• I want to stay here, with him, for ever.• I never want to work in a factory, having seen the effect it had on my father.• She wants Tom to come to her party.• He wants you in his office right away.• "I want you, " she whispered, "I want you now."
All I want is• He hung up so hard that he banged his fingers. All I want is a damned appointment, he told himself.• I've got too much spirit. All I want is a little cottage.• Who cares? All I want is the end product.• Can you cook and sew and wash clothes, Jimmy? All I want is to learn to ride.
want doing• He looks after the house and garden and helps my wife with anything she wants doing.
Who wants• Human beings are not rational agents. Who wants to be a millionaire?• Who wants to be an inconvenience? Who wants to be in the way?• Deborah's reactions to all of this were no different to anyone else's. Who wants to be an inconvenience?• That's probably the worst sin. Who wants to be involved with a boring organisation?• Nobody I know. Who wants to go there?• Of course not. Who wants to talk things over after being physically subdued and humiliated?
want to do something• I didn't want to ask the others, because they were nothing to Mam.• He wants to believe it true.• If you change into a leotard and exercise, young children will want to copy you and participate.• You really want to get your brakes checked as soon as possible.• Adam wants to go see a movie.• She wants to go there and see the world as others see it.• Democrats want to look into the entirety of campaign finance law.• Yes, this is how I want to look.• Besides, I wanted to put you in the picture.• Then again, anyone can throw in high allusions, and Munnery doesn't abandon the conventions he wants to subvert.
want2 ●○○ noun
1  for (the) want of something EXACTused to say that you do not have or cannot find what you need in a particular situation 由於缺乏某物
The gallery closed down for want of funding.
那家畫廊由於缺乏資金關閉了。
Examples from the Corpus
for (the) want of something• Just horses and ploughs and, for want of a better word, peasants.• What had begun with good will was atrophying for the want of language to nourish it.• The appeal of the petitioner in this case must be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.• He had been imprisoned for want of bail.• These tenements are barely fit to live among, never mind to starve in, for want of the extra rent.• It is not for want of encouragement.• He was allowed to creep back into power for want of a credible alternative.• Talks were resumed last week and then recessed for want of an agreement.
2  for want of a better word/phrase etc used to say that you cannot find an exact word or phrase to describe something 沒有更貼切的詞語/短語等〔用於表示找不到確切的說法來形容某事物〕
They should behave, for want of a better word, decently.
他們應該表現得，怎麽說呢，得體些吧。
Examples from the Corpus
for want of a better word/phrase etc• Just horses and ploughs and, for want of a better word, peasants.• Now, hands are, well, handed for want of a better word.
3  not for want of (doing) something TRY TO DO OR GET somethingused to say that even though something did not happen or succeed, it was not because you did not try hard enough or have what you needed 並非因爲沒有…〔用於表示盡管某事沒有發生或成功，但這並非因爲沒有盡力或沒有所需的東西〕
Well, if he doesn’t get the job it won’t be for want of trying!
好吧，就算他得不到那份工作，那也並非是他沒有盡力！
Examples from the Corpus
not for want of (doing) something• It is not for want of encouragement.• This is not for want of official concern by education commissions, curriculum projects and national ministries.• This is not for want of talent or know-how.• I never read any of them although it was not for want of trying.
4. for want of anything better (to do) if you do something for want of anything better, you do it only because there is nothing else you want to do 既然沒有更好的事(可做)〔表示做某事只是因爲沒有别的事想做〕
5  lack 缺乏 [countableC, uncountableU] formalNOT HAVE something that you need but do not have 缺乏的東西
a disgraceful want of proper care
缺乏妥善照料的不光彩現象
6  no food/money etc 沒有食物/錢等 [uncountableU]POOR a situation in which you do not have enough food, money, clothes etc 〔食品、金錢、衣服等的〕匮乏；貧困
the chronic want and deprivation in the townships
鎮區的長期貧困現象
7  be in want of something formalNEED to need something 需要某事物
The house is sadly in want of repair.
這房子急需修繕。
Examples from the Corpus
want• The expansion of the bus system satisfies a want in the community.• Yet it was hardly for want of trying.• People need to have freedom from want.• If taken without pay... the owners will be left in want and to suffer.
Origin want1
(1100-1200) Old Norse vanta

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