单词 | want-to |
释义 | want-ton. Originally and chiefly U.S. Motivation, desire to have or do something. Also: a thing wanted, desired, or striven for.Sometimes contrasted with have-to. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun] i-willc888 wilningc888 willingeOE lustc950 listc1220 desire1303 affection1340 desiring1377 appetite1382 envya1400 wishc1430 desideryc1450 stomach1513 affect1531 wilnec1540 desirefulness1548 woulding1549 desirousness1571 ambition1579 lusting1580 listing1587 maw1601 appetition1603 appetence1610 bosoma1616 orexis1619 desirableness1649 appetency1656 would1753 wanting1801 want-to1903 1903 E. V. Cooke in Ainslee's May 58 O you wanted to, yes; and..the Want To within you found its foe. 1966 M. Pei How to learn Langs. 97 Edgar Dale tells us that in the learning process we must develop the motivation to learn (he calls this the ‘want-to’). 1971 Post Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) 28 Feb. c3/1 Many of us wanted..or were compelled..to spend some time away from home. The ‘want-to's’ were summer camps... The ‘have-to's’ were..dad's business trip [etc.] 1989 R. Bass Oil Notes 39 When you..spend your livelihood in the pursuit of something that is very hard to find, it puts a little additional stir in the other want-tos. 2014 P. Sherratt Passing Exams for Dummies (ed. 2) (Electronic ed.) The answers to these questions will help you turn your ‘have to’ into a ‘want to’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1903 |
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