Want

[wɒnt] or [wɑnt]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) wish or demand the presence of; 'I want you here at noon!'.

(verb.) have need of; 'This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner'.

(verb.) hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; 'Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI'; 'Uncle Sam wants you'.

(verb.) be without, lack; be deficient in; 'want courtesy'; 'want the strength to go on living'; 'flood victims wanting food and shelter'.

校對:瓦珥--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.

(v. i.) Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.

(v. i.) That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.

(v. i.) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.

(v. t.) To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.

(v. t.) To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.

(v. t.) To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.

(v. i.) To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four.

(v. i.) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacy, scarcity, scarceness, scantiness, meagreness, shortness, dearth, DEFICIT, lack, absence, default, defect, defectiveness, failure.[2]. Need, necessity, requirement, desideratum.[3]. Desire, wish, craving, longing.[4]. Poverty, indigence, penury, destitution, distress, straits.

v. a. [1]. Lack, be without, be destitute of, be in need of.[2]. Require, need, have need of, have occasion for, stand in need of, cannot do without, cannot dispense with.[3]. Desire, wish, crave, wish for.

v. n. Lack, fall, be deficient, fall short, come short.

校對:迈克尔

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Deficiency, lack, failure, insufficiency, scantiness, shortness, omission,neglect, nonproduction, absence

ANT:Supply, sufficiency, provision, abundance, production, allowance, supplement,adequacy

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解釋/意思:

n. state of being without anything: absence of what is needful or desired: poverty: scarcity: need.—v.t. to be destitute of: to need: to dispense with: to feel need of: to fall short: to wish for.—v.i. to be deficient: to fall short: to be in need.—n. Wan′tage deficiency.—adj. Wan′ted sought after being searched for.—n. Wan′ter one who wants.—adj. Wan′ting absent: deficient: (obs.) poor.—prep. except.—n. Want′-wit (Shak.) a fool.

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