英语词汇“in want of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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P1. for (the) want of.

a. For lack of; because of the absence or deficiency of. Also similarly from (also by, through, etc.) (the) want of.See also for want of a better name at name n. and adj. Phrases 5; for want of a nail at nail n. Phrases 1d.

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the mind > possession > non-possession > non-possession [phrase] > through lack of

for (the) fault ofc1290

for default ofc1300

for (occasionally by, from, through) lack ofc1386

for want ofa1425

in want of1556

in defect of1563

in failance ofa1627

in neglect of1807

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 4116 Whanne I thenke vpon the kisse And how mych Ioye and blisse I hadde thurgh the sauour swete For wante of it I grone and grete.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 182^v Antenor..denyet hym onon þat noqwere he knew Þat comuly be keppet ne in cloese haldyn Þen wrathid þo worthi [Agamemnon] for wont of þe burde.

1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Avi For through the want of preachyng of Godes worde..mennes tradycyons be crept into the conscyences of y^e symple innocentes in the steade of the lawe of God.

1552 J. Caius Bk. against Sweatyng Sicknesse f. 33^v Nature is weke, ij. waies, either in the selfe, or by the annoiance of an other. In the selfe, by wante of strength consumed by sicknes or other wise.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 12^v For want of seede, lande bringeth weede.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. i. 156 For often haue you writ to her: and she in modesty, Or else for want of idle time, could not againe reply.

a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. C2^v For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 120 'Twas then that Buffalo's, ill pair'd, were seen To draw the Carr of Jove's Imperial Queen For want of Oxen.

1732 J. Gay Let. 13 Mar. in J. Swift Corr. (1913) IV. 285 I find myself dispirited, for want of having some pursuit.

1766 Ld. Kames Remarkable Decisions Court of Session 1730–52 55 When a man is pinched for want of money, he will submit to any conditions, however hard, to come at it.

1808 E. S. Barrett Miss-led General 136 They could not pursue them for want of cavalry.

1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. xv. 642 Umbilical Hernia..is common in children from want of closure of the umbilicus.

1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob (1891) x. 125 He..had no notion of losing anything for the want of asking for it.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 820/1 The latter mission..failed, through want of support, to secure a foothold.

1920 J. Masefield Enslaved 52 The lamp-flame purred from want of oil.

1935 I. Compton-Burnett House & its Head v. 67 She was always so short of money; we had always to see her troubled for the want of it.

1968 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 31 100 The missionaries believed that the new literates that they produced allowed their skills to rust away from want of use.

1975 Independent Jrnl. (San Rafael, Calif.) 3 Dec. 50/2 They have sought..to topple foreign governments and to murder foreign leaders. If they failed, it was not for want of trying.

1991 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 17 392 We frequently get cases of marasmus due to improper feeding, often simply through want of knowledge.

2007 Daily Tel. 23 July 5/1 Bored siblings lay into one another for want of anything better to do.

b. Law. for (the) want of prosecution: due to the failure of the plaintiff to pursue a case once it has been instigated (typically used as a reason for dismissal of the case).

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1623 T. Powell Attourneys Acad. sig. Hh4^v (table) How an Iniunction may fall for want of prosecution.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. viii. x. 152 l expected certain Conviction..but..none appeared against me, and l was..discharged for Want of Prosecution.

1836 Legal Observer 26 Mar. 393/2 C. died, and his suit was dismissed for want of prosecution.

1936 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminology 26 667 The judge can not refuse to dismiss for the want of prosecution, where the defendant demands a trial, and due diligence has not been used to obtain the necessary witnesses for the prosecution.

2011 C. L. Sun Singapore Law Arbitral Awards ii. 22 The tribunal found the claimant's delay to be inordinate and inexcusable but decided that he lacked the jurisdiction to dismiss the claim for want of prosecution.

P2. in want of.

a. In the absence of (something needed or desired); failing. Also in in the want of. Now somewhat rare.

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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. v. sig. Bii^v In want of white teeth and yelow heares to behold,She flourisheth in white syluer and yelow gold.

1599 R. Gardiner Profitable Instr. Kitchin Gardens sig. B3^v All the parings and weedings..is very good to rancken the Garden in wante of other mucke.

1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick x. vi. 298 In want of Milk, you may give Almond Milk, or Barley Cream, or Rice Milk.

1689 G. Rule Rational Def. Non-conformity iii. ix. 278 We think it a gross abuse to admit of other Sponsors, except in the want of Parents, or their Inhability.

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. xiv. 275 There is just the same Reason for quiet Resignation in the Want of every Thing equally unattainable.

1778 H. Brooke Antony & Cleopatra i. i, in Coll. Pieces II. 332 In the want of a more powerful hand, Or wiser head to rule, some new adventurer Starts up to signiorship.

1840 I. Disraeli Misc. of Lit. (new ed.) I. 176 In the want of encouragement from great men, and even from booksellers, De Lolme had recourse to a subscription.

1891 R. H. Davis Gallegher 86 Milk was the only thing he was quite sure babies cared for, but in want of this he made a mess of bits of the dry ham and crumbs of bread, moistened with the raw whiskey.

1910 Amer. Econ. Assoc. Q. 11 425 Parents were required to furnish the inspector on demand a certificate from the office of registration of births, or, in the want of that, an affidavit of the age of the child.

1992 S. Weinberg Dreams of Final Theory (1994) vi. 162 It is studied either because of its practical importance or in want of anything better to do.

†b. For lack of; because of the absence or deficiency of. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > non-possession > non-possession [phrase] > through lack of

for (the) fault ofc1290

for default ofc1300

for (occasionally by, from, through) lack ofc1386

for want ofa1425

in want of1556

in defect of1563

in failance ofa1627

in neglect of1807

1556 in W. Mackay & H. C. Boyd Rec. Inverness (1911) I. 2 That day..assingit to James Paterson..to preif quhat skayth he had sustenit in want of his boyt quhilkis Necoll Kar intromettit with.

c. In need of; not having, or having in insufficient measure. Similarly in no want of: in no need of; having in abundance.

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the mind > possession > supply > [phrase] > having abundant supply of

in no want of1613

1567 G. Turberville tr. G. B. Spagnoli Eglogs v. f. 44^v He standes in want of helpe and of some forraine ayde. [No corresponding sentence in the Latin original.]

1588 Certaine Advts. Ireland sig. A iii^v, in Ld. Burghley Copie Let. to B. Mendoza The fleete was in great want of fresh water.

1613 W. Shute tr. J. J. Orlers & H. van Haestens Triumphs of Nassau 259 Being in no want of money nor apparell.

1645 True Relation Taking Sherborn-castle 5 We being in much want of Canon and Demy-Canon Bullets, were inforced to invite the Souldiers to..go under the Wall and fetch back those Bullets that fell down.

1669 G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies 129 There were so many Trumpets, Kettle-drums, Howboys, and other such instruments of war..that for two miles we were in no want of Musique.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 5. ⁋5 Their Troops were in Want of all Manner of Necessaries.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. ii. 31 A man in extreme want of food or clothing.

1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. i. 1 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. 269 You are more in want of horses than I am: keep him.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xii. 111 She is in no want of words to shower upon Rosa.

1918 M. C. Stopes & R. V. Wheeler Monogr. Constit. Coal 19/2 The use of the phrase ‘humic coals’ is much in want of elucidation.

1922 A. Williams Round about Upper Thames vii. 116 He is in want of a couple of good horses, for Poppet is getting a little ancient, and Colonel has a nasty limp on the near hind leg.

2007 New Yorker 26 Nov. 59/3 If your male is in want of diversion, treat him to a TV subscription.

P3. Proverb. wilful waste makes woeful want and variants. Cf. waste not, want not at want v. Phrases 3.

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1642 That Great Exped. for Ireland 11 Now if famine punish excesse, if wofull want follow wilfull waste, [etc.].

1696 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. IV. xxi. 80 He would have us Thrifty, but not Niggardly; wilful waste brings woful want.

1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) at Waste Wilful Waste makes woful Want.

1788 M. W. Sacred Outcry iii. i. 188 If ‘a wilful Waste makes a woeful Want’, it is very certain, in the natural Course of Things, that Luxury must destroy the Substance, and bring on Distress and Poverty.

1829 E. Hewlett Cottage Comforts (ed. 6) xii. 195 For daintiness or wastefulness I should think the loss of a meal a suitable punishment; you tell a child that ‘wilful waste makes woeful want,’ and you thus give him a slight specimen of the inconvenience to which his fault naturally leads.

1877 A. F. Samuels Daisy Travers iv. 52 ‘I don't care for stolen fruit... Open the window and throw them out.’ ‘Why, that would be a wilful waste, an' “wilful waste makes woeful want”.’

1936 R. G. Plowhead Lucretia Ann on Sagebrush Plains v. 99 Was not ‘wilful waste makes woeful want,’ one of her favorite mottoes? Would not discarding so many yards of expensive silk because of its brightness of color be wilful waste?

2012 B. Lawrence How to feed your Family for £5 a Day 6 I try not to waste food or throw it away, and turn leftover ingredients into meals. ‘Wilful waste makes woeful want’ after all, and food waste is a major global issue.

P4. then want must be your master and variants: used to indicate that a person's desire for something (that has been expressed using the verb want) will not be fulfilled.

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1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 59 I want that Diamond-Ring of yours... Why, then, Want's like to be your Master.

1794 E. J. Eyre Consequences iii. i. 48 Sir Marv. Well, my friend, what do you want? Acute. Money! Sir Marv. Then want is like to be your master.

1828 J. P. Collier Punch & Judy 80 Punch. Come up stairs: I want you. Judy. Then want must be your master. I'm busy.

1854 C. M. Yonge Heartsease I. ii. iv. 179 ‘I am sure your mother and sister must want you.’ ‘Want must be their master.’

1962 ‘E. Peters’ Funeral of Figaro ii. 37 ‘I want to go.’ ‘Then this time,’ said Johnny flatly, ‘want will be your master, that's all.’

2001 E. Hood Staying On viii. 106 ‘Then want must be his master.’ Celia's voice, hard as flint, dredged up a favourite saying of hers.

单词	in want of
释义	> as lemmas in want of Phrases P1. for (the) want of. a. For lack of; because of the absence or deficiency of. Also similarly from (also by, through, etc.) (the) want of.See also for want of a better name at name n. and adj. Phrases 5; for want of a nail at nail n. Phrases 1d. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > non-possession [phrase] > through lack of for (the) fault ofc1290 for default ofc1300 for (occasionally by, from, through) lack ofc1386 for want ofa1425 in want of1556 in defect of1563 in failance ofa1627 in neglect of1807 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 4116 Whanne I thenke vpon the kisse And how mych Ioye and blisse I hadde thurgh the sauour swete For wante of it I grone and grete. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 182^v Antenor..denyet hym onon þat noqwere he knew Þat comuly be keppet ne in cloese haldyn Þen wrathid þo worthi [Agamemnon] for wont of þe burde. 1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Avi For through the want of preachyng of Godes worde..mennes tradycyons be crept into the conscyences of y^e symple innocentes in the steade of the lawe of God. 1552 J. Caius Bk. against Sweatyng Sicknesse f. 33^v Nature is weke, ij. waies, either in the selfe, or by the annoiance of an other. In the selfe, by wante of strength consumed by sicknes or other wise. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 12^v For want of seede, lande bringeth weede. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. i. 156 For often haue you writ to her: and she in modesty, Or else for want of idle time, could not againe reply. View more context for this quotation a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. C2^v For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 120 'Twas then that Buffalo's, ill pair'd, were seen To draw the Carr of Jove's Imperial Queen For want of Oxen. View more context for this quotation 1732 J. Gay Let. 13 Mar. in J. Swift Corr. (1913) IV. 285 I find myself dispirited, for want of having some pursuit. 1766 Ld. Kames Remarkable Decisions Court of Session 1730–52 55 When a man is pinched for want of money, he will submit to any conditions, however hard, to come at it. 1808 E. S. Barrett Miss-led General 136 They could not pursue them for want of cavalry. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. xv. 642 Umbilical Hernia..is common in children from want of closure of the umbilicus. 1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob (1891) x. 125 He..had no notion of losing anything for the want of asking for it. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 820/1 The latter mission..failed, through want of support, to secure a foothold. 1920 J. Masefield Enslaved 52 The lamp-flame purred from want of oil. 1935 I. Compton-Burnett House & its Head v. 67 She was always so short of money; we had always to see her troubled for the want of it. 1968 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 31 100 The missionaries believed that the new literates that they produced allowed their skills to rust away from want of use. 1975 Independent Jrnl. (San Rafael, Calif.) 3 Dec. 50/2 They have sought..to topple foreign governments and to murder foreign leaders. If they failed, it was not for want of trying. 1991 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 17 392 We frequently get cases of marasmus due to improper feeding, often simply through want of knowledge. 2007 Daily Tel. 23 July 5/1 Bored siblings lay into one another for want of anything better to do. b. Law. for (the) want of prosecution: due to the failure of the plaintiff to pursue a case once it has been instigated (typically used as a reason for dismissal of the case). ΚΠ 1623 T. Powell Attourneys Acad. sig. Hh4^v (table) How an Iniunction may fall for want of prosecution. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. viii. x. 152 l expected certain Conviction..but..none appeared against me, and l was..discharged for Want of Prosecution. 1836 Legal Observer 26 Mar. 393/2 C. died, and his suit was dismissed for want of prosecution. 1936 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminology 26 667 The judge can not refuse to dismiss for the want of prosecution, where the defendant demands a trial, and due diligence has not been used to obtain the necessary witnesses for the prosecution. 2011 C. L. Sun Singapore Law Arbitral Awards ii. 22 The tribunal found the claimant's delay to be inordinate and inexcusable but decided that he lacked the jurisdiction to dismiss the claim for want of prosecution. P2. in want of. a. In the absence of (something needed or desired); failing. Also in in the want of. Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. v. sig. Bii^v In want of white teeth and yelow heares to behold,She flourisheth in white syluer and yelow gold. 1599 R. Gardiner Profitable Instr. Kitchin Gardens sig. B3^v All the parings and weedings..is very good to rancken the Garden in wante of other mucke. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick x. vi. 298 In want of Milk, you may give Almond Milk, or Barley Cream, or Rice Milk. 1689 G. Rule Rational Def. Non-conformity iii. ix. 278 We think it a gross abuse to admit of other Sponsors, except in the want of Parents, or their Inhability. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. xiv. 275 There is just the same Reason for quiet Resignation in the Want of every Thing equally unattainable. 1778 H. Brooke Antony & Cleopatra i. i, in Coll. Pieces II. 332 In the want of a more powerful hand, Or wiser head to rule, some new adventurer Starts up to signiorship. 1840 I. Disraeli Misc. of Lit. (new ed.) I. 176 In the want of encouragement from great men, and even from booksellers, De Lolme had recourse to a subscription. 1891 R. H. Davis Gallegher 86 Milk was the only thing he was quite sure babies cared for, but in want of this he made a mess of bits of the dry ham and crumbs of bread, moistened with the raw whiskey. 1910 Amer. Econ. Assoc. Q. 11 425 Parents were required to furnish the inspector on demand a certificate from the office of registration of births, or, in the want of that, an affidavit of the age of the child. 1992 S. Weinberg Dreams of Final Theory (1994) vi. 162 It is studied either because of its practical importance or in want of anything better to do. †b. For lack of; because of the absence or deficiency of. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > non-possession [phrase] > through lack of for (the) fault ofc1290 for default ofc1300 for (occasionally by, from, through) lack ofc1386 for want ofa1425 in want of1556 in defect of1563 in failance ofa1627 in neglect of1807 1556 in W. Mackay & H. C. Boyd Rec. Inverness (1911) I. 2 That day..assingit to James Paterson..to preif quhat skayth he had sustenit in want of his boyt quhilkis Necoll Kar intromettit with. c. In need of; not having, or having in insufficient measure. Similarly in no want of: in no need of; having in abundance. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [phrase] > having abundant supply of in no want of1613 1567 G. Turberville tr. G. B. Spagnoli Eglogs v. f. 44^v He standes in want of helpe and of some forraine ayde. [No corresponding sentence in the Latin original.] 1588 Certaine Advts. Ireland sig. A iii^v, in Ld. Burghley Copie Let. to B. Mendoza The fleete was in great want of fresh water. 1613 W. Shute tr. J. J. Orlers & H. van Haestens Triumphs of Nassau 259 Being in no want of money nor apparell. 1645 True Relation Taking Sherborn-castle 5 We being in much want of Canon and Demy-Canon Bullets, were inforced to invite the Souldiers to..go under the Wall and fetch back those Bullets that fell down. 1669 G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies 129 There were so many Trumpets, Kettle-drums, Howboys, and other such instruments of war..that for two miles we were in no want of Musique. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 5. ⁋5 Their Troops were in Want of all Manner of Necessaries. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. ii. 31 A man in extreme want of food or clothing. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. i. 1 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. 269 You are more in want of horses than I am: keep him. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xii. 111 She is in no want of words to shower upon Rosa. 1918 M. C. Stopes & R. V. Wheeler Monogr. Constit. Coal 19/2 The use of the phrase ‘humic coals’ is much in want of elucidation. 1922 A. Williams Round about Upper Thames vii. 116 He is in want of a couple of good horses, for Poppet is getting a little ancient, and Colonel has a nasty limp on the near hind leg. 2007 New Yorker 26 Nov. 59/3 If your male is in want of diversion, treat him to a TV subscription. P3. Proverb. wilful waste makes woeful want and variants. Cf. waste not, want not at want v. Phrases 3. ΚΠ 1642 That Great Exped. for Ireland 11 Now if famine punish excesse, if wofull want follow wilfull waste, [etc.]. 1696 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. IV. xxi. 80 He would have us Thrifty, but not Niggardly; wilful waste brings woful want. 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) at Waste Wilful Waste makes woful Want. 1788 M. W. Sacred Outcry iii. i. 188 If ‘a wilful Waste makes a woeful Want’, it is very certain, in the natural Course of Things, that Luxury must destroy the Substance, and bring on Distress and Poverty. 1829 E. Hewlett Cottage Comforts (ed. 6) xii. 195 For daintiness or wastefulness I should think the loss of a meal a suitable punishment; you tell a child that ‘wilful waste makes woeful want,’ and you thus give him a slight specimen of the inconvenience to which his fault naturally leads. 1877 A. F. Samuels Daisy Travers iv. 52 ‘I don't care for stolen fruit... Open the window and throw them out.’ ‘Why, that would be a wilful waste, an' “wilful waste makes woeful want”.’ 1936 R. G. Plowhead Lucretia Ann on Sagebrush Plains v. 99 Was not ‘wilful waste makes woeful want,’ one of her favorite mottoes? Would not discarding so many yards of expensive silk because of its brightness of color be wilful waste? 2012 B. Lawrence How to feed your Family for £5 a Day 6 I try not to waste food or throw it away, and turn leftover ingredients into meals. ‘Wilful waste makes woeful want’ after all, and food waste is a major global issue. P4. then want must be your master and variants: used to indicate that a person's desire for something (that has been expressed using the verb want) will not be fulfilled. ΚΠ 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 59 I want that Diamond-Ring of yours... Why, then, Want's like to be your Master. 1794 E. J. Eyre Consequences iii. i. 48 Sir Marv. Well, my friend, what do you want? Acute. Money! Sir Marv. Then want is like to be your master. 1828 J. P. Collier Punch & Judy 80 Punch. Come up stairs: I want you. Judy. Then want must be your master. I'm busy. 1854 C. M. Yonge Heartsease I. ii. iv. 179 ‘I am sure your mother and sister must want you.’ ‘Want must be their master.’ 1962 ‘E. Peters’ Funeral of Figaro ii. 37 ‘I want to go.’ ‘Then this time,’ said Johnny flatly, ‘want will be your master, that's all.’ 2001 E. Hood Staying On viii. 106 ‘Then want must be his master.’ Celia's voice, hard as flint, dredged up a favourite saying of hers. extracted from wantadj.n.² < as lemmas
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