| 单词 | what do you want with ——? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat do you want with ——? P2. what do you want with ——? and variants: ‘what is your object in dealing with (a person)?’, ‘why do you wish to possess (a thing)?’ Also (formerly chiefly U.S.) in what do you want of ——? and variants. ΚΠ 1705 S. Centlivre Gamester iii. 40 What can she want with a Porter!—I am resolv'd to watch. 1746 tr. Plautus in Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (ed. 2) I. at Paint Sc. What do you want with the paint? Ph. To paint my cheeks. 1796 T. Holcroft Man of Ten Thousand ii. iii. 116/2 What should I want with more? 1828 W. Taylor tr. J. L. W. Gleim in Historic Surv. German Poetry I. 309 Death, what can you want of Fanny? With your lipless teeth and sockets, How should you contrive to kiss her? 1855 Knickerbocker 45 136 Salt, Miss? What do you want of salt? 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Channings II. iv. 59 It is an incredible mystery. What could he want with the money? The tale told, about his having debts, has no foundation. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. vi. 165 Men, for the last time, what do you want with me? 1914 G. Atherton Perch of Devil ii. 246 But what does he want of two cottages? 1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture 44 What the hell would he want with me? He could possibly want some wine money, but he knew better than to bother me about something like that. 1989 M. Z. Bradley Heirs of Hammerfell v. 67 What did he want with you, Mother? Is that man sniffing round to get you to marry him? 1995 K. O'Riordan Involved 80 ‘What do you want with a microwave?’ she asked incredulously. < as lemmas |
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