want
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they want | |
| he / she / it wants | |
| past simple wanted | |
| past participle wanted | |
| -ing form wanting |
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to have a desire or a wish for something/somebody 要；想要；希望 - want somebody/something
Do you want some more tea? 你再要點兒茶嗎？ to want children/kids 想要孩子 to want peace/war/change 想要和平/戰爭/改變 Voters want answers to these questions, 選民想要這些問題的答案， If you want more information, visit the website. 如果你想了解更多信息，請訪問網站。 The US wants access to Chinese markets. 美國希望進入中國市場。 The voters seem to want a reason to vote for him. 選民們似乎想要一個投票給他的理由。 She's always wanted a large family. 她一直希望生一大群孩子。 If you want some help, just ask. 如果你需要幫助，盡管開口。 I want a new job. 我想要一份新工作。 All I want is the truth. 我只想知道實情。 Thanks for the present—it's just what I wanted. 感謝贈我這份禮物，這正是我想要的。 I can do whatever I want. 我想幹什麽就可以幹什麽。 The last thing I wanted was to upset you. 我最不希望做的事就是惹你不高興。 - want something for something
What do you want for Christmas? 聖誕節你想要什麽禮物？ I wanted bacon and eggs for breakfast. 我早餐想吃熏肉和雞蛋。 - want somebody/something as something
The party wants her as leader. 這個政黨希望由她做領袖。 - want to do something
What do you want to do tomorrow? 明天你想做什麽？ What I really want to know is why you would even think that? 我真正想知道的是你爲什麽會這麽想？ ‘It's time you did your homework.’ ‘I don't want to!’ “你該做作業了。” “我就是不想做！” I just wanted to know if everything was all right. 我只是想知道是否一切都好。 - (informal)
You can come too, if you want. 如果你想來也可以來。 We could see a movie later if you want to. 如果你願意，我們可以晚點去看電影。 There are two points which I wanted to make. 我想要指出的有兩點。 I wanted to go home. 我想回家。 I simply wanted to be left in peace. 我只想安靜地待着。 She desperately wanted to believe him. 她非常想相信他。 These are books that children actually want to read. 這些是孩子們真正想讀的書。 - want somebody/something to do something
Do you want me to help? 你要我幫忙嗎？ I want people to know what I've done. 我想讓人們知道我做了什麽。 We didn't want this to happen. 我們並不希望發生這樣的事情。 I want it (to be) done as quickly as possible. 我希望這件事盡快完成。 - want somebody/something doing something
I don't want you coming home so late. 我不希望你這麽晚回家。 - want somebody/something + adj.
Do you want your coffee black or white? 你的咖啡裏加不加奶？ It was clear that somebody wanted him dead. 很明顯有人想讓他死。 - want somebody/something done
They want him arrested. 他們想逮捕他。 - want something from somebody/something
What do you want from me? 你要從我這裏得到什麽？ - want something out of something
I had to discover what I really wanted out of life. 我得弄清楚我到底要從生活中得到什麽。
Grammar Point want / like / love / hate / thinkwant / like / love / hate / think- These verbs belong to a group known as stative verbs because they describe a state rather than an action (although think can describe either an action or a state). Stative verbs are not usually used in the progressive tenses. However, it is becoming more common for some stative verbs to be used with progressive tenses. Stative verbs such as want, like, love, hate and think are sometimes used in informal language to describe a state at a particular moment, or a state that continues for a period of time:
Why are you wanting a new phone when your current one works perfectly well? 爲什麽你想要一部新手機，而你現在的手機工作得很好？ What shall we do tonight? I’m thinking bowling. 今晚我們做什麽？我在想保齡球。 I’m loving the weather today! 我喜歡今天的天氣！
More About offers and invitationsoffers and invitations 提議和邀請 - Would you like…? is the most usual polite question form for offers and invitations, especially in British English:
Would you like a cup of coffee? 喝杯咖啡好嗎？
- Do you want…? is less formal and more direct. It is more common in North American English than in British English:
We’re going to a club tonight. Do you want to come with us? 今晚我們要去俱樂部，你想和我們一起去嗎？
- Would you care…? is very formal and now sounds old-fashioned.
Would you care ...? 很正式，聽起來顯得過時。
More Like This Verbs usually followed by infinitivesVerbs usually followed by infinitivesExtra ExamplesI just want you to be happy. 我只是希望你快樂。 If you truly want to help, just do as I say. 如果你真想幫忙，就按我說的做。 I want to study in America. 我想去美國讀書。 I want you to do it quickly. 我要你快點做。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- desperately
- really
- …
- all you want
- exactly what you want
- just what you want
- …
- want somebody/something
- (informal)
to need something 需要 - want something
We'll want more furniture for the new office. 我們的新辦公室需要添些家具。 What this house wants is a good clean. 這房子需要好好打掃一下。 It wants a special sort of person for that job. 它需要一個特殊的人來做這項工作。 - want doing something
The plants want watering daily. 這些植物需要天天澆水。 - want to be something
The cake mixture wants to be smooth and light. 蛋糕的混合物想要光滑和清淡。 - want to be/have something done
The plants want to be watered daily. 這些植物需要天天澆水。
- want something
- [usually passive] want somebody (+ adv./prep.)
to need somebody to be present in the place or for the purpose mentioned 需要…在場 She's wanted immediately in the director's office. 她得馬上到主任辦公室去。 Excuse me, you're wanted on the phone. 對不起，有你的電話。
- want to do something (informal)
used to give advice to somebody, meaning ‘should’ or ‘ought to’ （用於提出建議）應該 If possible, you want to avoid alcohol. 你應盡可能避免飲酒。 He wants to be more careful. 他應多加小心。 You don't want to do it like that. 你不應那樣做。
- want somebody
to feel sexual desire for somebody 對…有性欲 ‘I want you so much,’ she whispered in his ear. “我很想要你。”她在他耳邊低聲說道。 Alice, please don't leave me. I want you. I need you. I can't live without you. 艾麗斯，别離開我，我愛你，我需要你，沒有你我活不下去。
- want something (formal)
to lack something 缺少；缺乏
wish希望
need需要
should/ought to應該
feel sexual desire有性欲
lack缺少
Word OriginMiddle English: the noun from Old Norse vant, neuter of vanr ‘lacking’; the verb from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking’. The original notion of “lack” was early extended to “need” and from this developed the sense ‘desire’.
Idioms
have/want it both ways
have/want none of something
have/want no truck with somebody/something
not want to know (about something)
- (informal)
to take no interest in something because you do not care about it or it is too much trouble 不想知道；不願理會
want rid of somebody/something
waste not, want not
- (saying)
if you never waste anything, especially food or money, you will always have it when you need it 勤儉節約，吃穿不缺
what do you want?
used to ask somebody in a rude or angry way why they are there or what they want you to do （語帶指責）你在這裏幹什麽；你要我幹什麽