want
英[wɒnt]
美[wɑnt]
- vt. 需要;希望;应该;缺少
- n. 需要;缺乏;贫困;必需品
- vi. 需要;缺少
英英释意
- 1. a state of extreme poverty
- 2. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable;
- "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"
- "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"
- "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
- 3. anything that is necessary but lacking;
- "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"
- "I tried to supply his wants"
- 4. a specific feeling of desire;
- "he got his wish"
- "he was above all wishing and desire"