| 单词 | want |
| 释义 | want (once / 10 pages) nv In all its forms, want has to do with the lack of having and the desire to have. You can want or desire something you’d like, or you can be in want of something you need. The word want goes back to the 12th century and the Old Norse language, where vanta meant "to be deficient," or “in want.” If someone keeps bugging you, you might lose patience and ask, "What do you want?" If you are seeking employment, check the "want ads" or look for signs saying "Help Wanted." If you are a "wanted criminal," you might have trouble getting hired. WORD FAMILYwant: wanted, wanter, wanting, wants+/unwanted: unwantedly/wanted: unwanted/wanter: wanters USAGE EXAMPLESOsama bin Laden, the world’s most wanted man, is killed by US special forces in a nighttime raid of his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) OVERREACTION: The Falcons are the team nobody wants to play in the playoffs. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) The director of policy and strategy at CityUK, said businesses did not want to move. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) 1n the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable for want of a nail the shoe was lost Syn|Hypo|Hyper deficiency, lack absence the state of being absent dearth, famine, shortagean acute insufficiency deficita deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning mineral deficiencylack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism shortnessthe condition of being short of something stringency, tightnessa state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit nonoccurrenceabsence by virtue of not occurring awaynessthe state of being elsewhere than in particular place sideropeniaa deficiency of iron; results from inadequate iron in the diet or from hemorrhage demand, need a condition requiring relief 2n anything that is necessary but lacking I tried to supply his wants Syn|Hyper need essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite anything indispensable 3n a state of extreme poverty Syn|Hyper deprivation, neediness, privation impoverishment, poorness, poverty the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions 4n a specific feeling of desire Syn|Hypo|Hyper wish, wishing velleity a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain desire the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state 5v be without, lack; be deficient in want courtesy want the strength to go on living flood victims wanting food and shelter Hyper lack, miss be without 6v have need of This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner Syn|Hypo|Hyper need, require cry demand immediate action be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 7v wish or demand the presence of I want you here at noon! Hyper demand request urgently and forcefully 8v feel or have a desire for; want strongly I want to go home now I want my own room Syn|Hypo desire crave, hunger, lust, starve, thirst have a craving, appetite, or great desire for fancy, go for, take tohave a fancy or particular liking or desire for missfeel or suffer from the lack of hopebe optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes wishhope for; have a wish wish, wish wellfeel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of care, like, wishprefer or wish to do something itch, spoilhave a strong desire or urge to do something likewant to have ambitionhave as one's ambition feel likehave an inclination for something or some activity begrudge, envybe envious of; set one's heart on lech after, lust afterhave a strong sexual desire for hanker, long, yearndesire strongly or persistently seektry to get or reach regretfeel sad about the loss or absence of ache, languish, pine, yearn, yenhave a desire for something or someone who is not present pleasebe the will of or have the will (to) desire, hope, trustexpect and wish covetwish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person) bidmake a serious effort to attain something questmake a search (for) 9v hunt or look for; want for a particular reason Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI Uncle Sam wants you Hyper look for, search, seek try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of |
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