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单词 wantless
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
want /wɑnt, wɔnt/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to feel a need for (or to);
    wish or desire;
    feel inclined;
    long for: [+ object]The baby wants his dinner.[not: be + ~-ing* ~ (+ object) + to + verb]I want to be alone. I want you to leave.
  2. to request the presence of:[+ object]The boss wants you; better go right up.
  3. to require:[not: be + ~-ing* ~ + verb-ing]The room wants cleaning.
  4. to have an arrest warrant for, or seek in order to question in connection with a criminal investigation:[not: be + ~-ing* ~ + object;usually: be + ~-ed]He is wanted for armed robbery.
  5. to have a need:[no object* often: ~ + for]His family never wanted for anything.

n. 
  1. something wanted or needed:[countable]My wants are simple.
  2. deficiency;
    lack;
    a state of need:[uncountable]to be in want of an assistant.
  3. [uncountable] a state of poverty.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
want  (wont, wônt),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to feel a need or a desire for;
    wish for:to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
  2. to wish, need, crave, demand, or desire (often fol. by an infinitive):I want to see you. She wants to be notified.
  3. to be without or be deficient in:to want judgment; to want knowledge.
  4. to fall short by (a specified amount):The sum collected wants but a few dollars of the desired amount.
  5. to require or need:The house wants painting.

v.i. 
  1. to feel inclined;
    wish;
    like (often fol. by to):We can stay home if you want.
  2. to be deficient by the absence of some part or thing, or to feel or have a need (sometimes fol. by for):He did not want for abilities.
  3. to have need (usually fol. by for):If you want for anything, let him know.
  4. to be in a state of destitution, need, or poverty:She would never allowher parents to want.
  5. to be lacking or absent, as a part or thing necessary to completeness:All that wants is his signature.
  6. Dialect Terms want in or out, [Chiefly Midland.]
    • to desire to enter or leave:The cat wants in.
    • Informal Termsto desire acceptance in or release from something specified:I talked with Louie about our plan, and he wants in.

n. 
  1. something wanted or needed;
    necessity:My wants are few.
  2. something desired, demanded, or required:a person of childish, capricious wants.
  3. absence or deficiency of something desirable or requisite;
    lack:plants dying for want of rain.
  4. the state of being without something desired or needed;
    need:to be in want of an assistant.
  5. the state of being without the necessaries of life;
    destitution;
    poverty:a country where want is virtually unknown.
  6. a sense of lack or need of something:to feel a vague want.
  • Old Norse vanta to lack
  • Middle English wante 1150–1200
wanter, n. 
wantless, adj. 
wantless•ness, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged require, crave. See wish. 
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged need. See lack. 
    • 12.See corresponding entry in Unabridged desideratum.
    • 14.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dearth, scarcity, scarceness, inadequacy, insufficiency, paucity, meagerness.
    • 16.See corresponding entry in Unabridged privation, penury, indigence. See poverty. 

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