英 [wɒnt] 美 [wɑːnt]
v. 想要，希望；需要；（用于提出建议）应该；缺少；搜捕，追捕；想见（某人），想与（某人）谈话；（用于疑问句中表示提议或邀请）想要，需要；（在性方面）想要（某人）；照料，爱护（小孩）；想要进去，想要出去；应受
n. 缺乏，缺少；贫穷，贫困；渴望的东西，需要的东西
复数wants
第三人称单数wants
现在分词wanting
过去式wanted
过去分词wanted
want /wɒnt/ CET4 TEM4 [ wanting wanted wants ]
及物动词 If you want something, you feel a desire or a need for it. 想要
I want a drink.
我想要点喝的。
People wanted to know who this talented designer was.
人们想知道这位天才的设计者是谁。
They began to want their father to be the same as other daddies.
他们开始想要自己的爸爸和别人的爸爸一样。
They didn't want people staring at them as they sat on the lawn, so they put up high walls.
他们不想自己坐在草坪时被人盯着看，所以修筑了高墙。
及物动词 You can say that you want to say something to indicate that you are about to say it. 想要 (说)
I want to say how delighted I am that you're having a baby.
我想要说，你怀孕了我是多么高兴啊。
及物动词 If you say to someone that you want something, or ask them if they want to do it, you are firmly telling them what you want or what you want them to do. 想要得到; 想做
I want an explanation from you, Jeremy.
我要你给我一个解释，杰里米。
Do you want to tell me what all this is about?
你是否想告诉我这究竟是怎么回事？
及物动词 If you tell someone that they want to do a particular thing, you are advising them to do it. 必须
You want to be very careful not to have a man like Crevecoeur for an enemy.
你必须非常小心，不要与像克雷弗克那样的人为敌。
及物动词 If someone is wanted by the police, the police are searching for them because they are thought to have committed a crime. 通缉
He was wanted for the murder of a judge.
他因谋杀一位法官而被通缉。
形容词 被通缉的
He is one of the most wanted criminals in Europe.
他是欧洲的头号通缉犯之一。
复数型名词 Your wants are the things that you want. 想要的东西
She couldn't lift a spoon without a servant anticipating her wants and getting it for her.
若没有佣人揣摩她想要什么而且递给她，她连个汤勺都举不起来。
习语 If you do something for want of something else, you do it because the other thing is not available or not possible. 由于缺少
The factories shut down for want of fuel and materials.
这家工厂由于缺少燃料和原料而停产。
a state of extreme poverty
同义词： privation / deprivation / neediness
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
for want of a nail the shoe was lost
同义词： lack / deficiency
wish or demand the presence of
I want you here at noon!
hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI ; Uncle Sam wants you
be without, lack; be deficient in
want courtesy ; want the strength to go on living ; flood victims wanting food and shelter
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The current reform of China is of change in social relations, so it must be carried out from man’s want and interest.
当代中国改革是社会关系的变革，就必须从人的需要和利益出发进行。
参考来源当代中国改革的人学分析
尖灭
无煤带
想要
笔者有感于我们需要(Need)的已经足够，何必再去奢求那些永远无法满足的想要(Want)，最快乐的人不一定拥有一切最好的东西，只要珍习人生道路上遇到的每一样东西，知足常乐。
其实，人的必需（NEED）是极其有限的，而人的需要（WANT）是极其无限的。
其实，人的必需（NEED）是极其有限的，而人的需要（WANT）是极其无限的。
...超及葡萄牙杯冠军，横扫所有可能得到的奖杯，不过如今摆在他面前的是难度最大的1个冠军，也是车仔店东阿巴莫域治最希望得到(Want)的冠军。保亚斯是进攻流派，现在季引入的年轻翼锋马达和中场R.
需要；希望；应该；缺少
ask / would have / claim
需要；缺乏；贫困；必需品
necessity / shortage / need / poverty / deficiency
需要；缺少
We want this government out.
我们想要这届政府下台。
What do you want?
你要什么？
I want an apple.
我要一个苹果。
He didn't want to see his ugly bedroom or the cold bathroom with its cracked mirror and gray floor.
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We should be able to read whatever we want, just as we should be able to eat whatever we want.
我们应该有权利读我们想读的东西，就像我们可以吃所有想吃的东西一样。
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not many really people, like, naturally think like, "I want to be a filmmaker. That's just what I want to do."
没有很多人会说“我想成为电影工作者。这就是我想做的。”
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 在梦想与现实之间
Local party leaders did not. As one said: "I do not want him raising hell in my state any longer."
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I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go sailing down,down, just like one of those poor,tired leaves."
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They do not want to risk the relative performance rank they achieved on the downside.
"I'm sure everyone at Swansea would definitely want to keep him, " said the 19-year-old Allen.
If you want to lower your audit profile by showing a profit, disqualify possible expenses.