首页英语词典wantwant英英释意

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"