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单词 want-to
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want-ton.

Brit. /ˈwɒn(t)tuː/, U.S. /ˈwɑn(t)ˌtu/, /ˈwɔn(t)ˌtu/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: want v., to adv.
Etymology: < want v. + to adv., after to want to (do) (see want v. 10).
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.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun]
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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).
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