1 VERB [no cont, no passive] 需要;想要 If you want something, you feel a desire or a need for it. 需要;想要
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I want a drink. [VERB noun]
我想喝点什么。
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Ian knows exactly what he wants in life. [VERB noun]
伊恩很清楚他需要什么样的生活。
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People wanted to know who this talented designer was. [VERB to-infinitive]
人们想知道这位天才设计师是谁。
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They began to want their father to be the same as other daddies. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
他们开始希望他们的父亲能和别人的老爸一样。
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They didn't want people staring at them as they sat on the lawn, so they put up high walls. [VERB noun verb-ing]
他们不希望坐在草坪上时被别人盯着看，于是便筑起了高墙。
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He wanted his power recognised. [VERB noun -ed]
他希望他的权力得到认可。
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I want my car this colour. [VERB noun noun]
我希望我的小汽车是这种颜色的。
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And remember, we want him alive. [V n adj/prep]
记住，我们要他活着。
Usage Note :
Note that want and wish have similar meanings, but are used differently. If you want something, you feel a need for it or a desire to have it. You can say that you want to do something, that you want someone to do something, or that you want something to happen. If you use wish with a 'to' infinitive, this has the same meaning as want but is more formal. I want to get out of here... She wished to consult him about her future.
want 和 wish 意思相近，但用法不同。want 表示感觉需要或希望拥有某物。可以说 want to do something (想要做某事)，want someone to do something (想要某人做某事) 或 want something to happen (想要某事发生)。wish 与带 to 的不定式连用，和 want 意思一样，但更加正式。例如：I want to get out of here (我想要离开这里)，She wished to consult him about her future (她希望和他商量自己未来的发展)。
2 VERB [no cont, no passive] 打算 You can say that you want to say something to indicate that you are about to say it. 打算
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I want to say how really delighted I am that you're having a baby. [VERB to-infinitive]
我想说你怀孕了我有多高兴。
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Look, I wanted to apologize for today. I think I was a little hard on you. [VERB to-infinitive]
听我说，我想就今天的事向你道歉。我觉得我对你有点过于苛刻了。
3 VERB [no cont, no passive] (用于疑问句中表示提议或邀请)想要，需要 You use want in questions as a way of making an offer or inviting someone to do something. (用于疑问句中表示提议或邀请)想要，需要
SYN feel like, desire, fancy, feel the need for
4 VERB [no cont, no passive] 必须;需要 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. 必须;需要
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I want an explanation from you, Jeremy. [VERB noun]
杰里米，我需要你解释一下。
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If you have a problem with that, I want you to tell me right now. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
如果你有异议，我要你马上告诉我。
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Do you want to tell me what all this is about?. [VERB to-infinitive]
你不打算告诉我这一切都是怎么回事吗？
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I want my money back! [VERB noun adv./prep.]
我要讨回我的钱！
5 VERB [no cont, no passive] 需要(做);该(做) If you say that something wants doing, you think that it needs to be done. 需要(做);该(做) [mainly British, informal]
6 VERB [no cont, no passive] (用于建议)应该做 If you tell someone that they want to do a particular thing, you are advising them to do it. (用于建议)应该做 [informal]
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You want to be very careful not to have a man like Crevecoeur for an enemy. [VERB to-infinitive]
你应当格外小心，别与克雷弗克这样的人为敌。
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You want to look where you're going, mate. [VERB to-infinitive]
伙计，你应当看看你要去哪里。
SYN should, need, must, ought
7 VERB [usually passive] 通缉;缉拿 If someone is wanted by the police, the police are searching for them because they are thought to have committed a crime. 通缉;缉拿
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They were wanted by the police. [be VERB-ed]
他们被警方通缉。
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He has killed many in his time, and is wanted in at least three countries. [be VERB-ed]
他那个时候杀了很多人，现在至少有3个国家在通缉他。
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He was wanted for the murder of a magistrate. [be VERB-ed + for]
他因谋杀一名地方法官而被通缉。
8 VERB 想与…发生性关系 If you want someone, you have a great desire to have sex with them. 想与…发生性关系
SYN desire, fancy [informal] , long for, crave
9 VERB 照料，爱护(小孩) If a child is wanted, its mother or another person loves it and is willing to look after it. 照料，爱护(小孩)
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Children should be wanted and planned. [be VERB-ed]
应当好好照看孩子，并为他们规划一生。
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I want this baby very much, because it certainly will be the last. [VERB noun]
我很爱这个小宝贝，因为它肯定是我最后一个孩子了。
SYN love, prize, treasure, adore
10 VERB [no cont] 想要;要 If someone wants you in a particular place or role, they desire you to be in that place or role. 想要;要
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Albie wants you in his office. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
阿尔比要你去他办公室。
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They didn't want her as attorney general. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
他们不想要她做司法部长。
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This is my territory. I want you out of here. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
这是我的地盘。我要你离开。
11 N-SING 缺乏;缺少 A want of something is a lack of it. 缺乏;缺少 [formal]
SYN lack, need, absence, shortage
12 N-UNCOUNT 极度贫困 Want is the state of being extremely poor. 极度贫困 [formal]
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He said they were fighting for freedom of speech, freedom of worship, and freedom from want.
他说他们在为言论自由而战，为信仰自由而战，为远离贫困而战。
SYN poverty, need, hardship, privation [formal]
13 N-PLURAL [usually with poss] 想要的东西 Your wants are the things that you want. 想要的东西
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She couldn't lift a spoon without a servant anticipating her wants and getting it for her.
要是没有仆人事先想她所想并为她准备妥当，她连汤匙也举不起来。
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Supermarkets often claim that they are responding to the wants of consumers by providing packaged foods. [+ of]
超市经常声称他们根据消费者的需要提供包装食品。
14 PHRASE 由于缺少;由于没有 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;由于没有
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Many of them had gone into teaching for want of anything better to do. [+ of]
因为没有更好的工作，他们当中很多人做了教师。
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There was another emotion, and for want of a better word he called it grief.
还有一种情感，由于找不到更好的字眼来描绘，他称它为悲痛。
15 PHRASE [PHRASE with cl] 如果你想;如果你愿意 You say if you want when you are making or agreeing to an offer or suggestion in a casual way. 如果你想;如果你愿意
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Mary says you're welcome to stay the night if you want.
玛丽说如果你愿意，可以在这儿呆一宿。
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'Do you want to go through it all?' — 'Yeah, if you want.'
“你想把它都看完吗？”—“是的，如果你愿意的话。”
16 PHRASE [PHR inf] 我并不想…;我无意… People sometimes say 'I don't want to be rude', for example, or 'without wanting to be rude' as a way of apologizing or warning you when they are going to say something which might upset, annoy, or worry you. 我并不想…;我无意… [politeness]
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'I don't want to appear big-headed,' explains Loubet, 'but I would say there is a 95% chance of success.'.
“我并不想显得自大，”劳伯特解释说，“但我有95%的成功把握。”
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Without wanting to sound mean about it, these things all have to come from a budget.
我并不想显得小气，但所有这些东西都必须从预算中开支。
17 PHRASE (粗暴或生气地问)你想干什么？ If you say to someone 'what do you want?', you are asking them in a rather rude or angry way why they have come to the place where you are or why they want to speak to you. (粗暴或生气地问)你想干什么？
| Thesaurus | want Also look up: |
| VERB. | covet, desire, long, need, require, wish 1 |
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