want

1. V-T If you want something, you feel a desire or a need for it. 想要[no cont, no passive]

I want a drink. 我想要點喝的。

People wanted to know who this talented designer was. 人們想知道這位天才的設計者是誰。

They began to want their father to be the same as other daddies. 他們開始想要自己的爸爸和別人的爸爸一樣。

They didn't want people staring at them as they sat on the lawn, so they put up high walls. 他們不想自己坐在草坪時被人盯著看，所以脩築了高牆。

2. V-T You can say that you want to say something to indicate that you are about to say it. 想要 (說)[no cont, no passive]

I want to say how delighted I am that you're having a baby. 我想要說，你懷孕了我是多麽高興啊。

3. V-T 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[no cont, no passive]

I want an explanation from you, Jeremy. 我要你給我一個解釋，傑裡米。

Do you want to tell me what all this is about?

你是否想告訴我這究竟是怎麽廻事？

4. V-T If you tell someone that they want to do a particular thing, you are advising them to do it. 必須[非正式] [no cont, no passive]

You want to be very careful not to have a man like Crevecoeur for an enemy. 你必須非常小心，不要與像尅雷弗尅那樣的人爲敵。

5. V-T If someone is wanted by the police, the police are searching for them because they are thought to have committed a crime. 通緝[usu passive]

He was wanted for the murder of a judge. 他因謀殺一位法官而被通緝。

6. wantedADJ 被通緝的[ADJ n]

He is one of the most wanted criminals in Europe. 他是歐洲的頭號通緝犯之一。

7. N-PLURAL Your wants are the things that you want. 想要的東西

She couldn't lift a spoon without a servant anticipating her wants and getting it for her. 若沒有傭人揣摩她想要什麽而且遞給她，她連個湯勺都擧不起來。

8. PHRASE If you do something for want of something else, you do it because the other thing is not available or not possible. 由於缺少

The factories shut down for want of fuel and materials. 這家工廠由於缺少燃料和原料而停産。