Wish
[wɪʃ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the particular preference that you have; 'it was his last wish'; 'they should respect the wishes of the people'.
(noun.) an expression of some desire or inclination; 'I could tell that it was his wish that the guests leave'; 'his crying was an indirect request for attention'.
(noun.) a specific feeling of desire; 'he got his wish'; 'he was above all wishing and desire'.
(verb.) invoke upon; 'wish you a nice evening'; 'bid farewell'.
(verb.) order politely; express a wish for.
(verb.) make or express a wish; 'I wish that Christmas were over'.
(verb.) hope for; have a wish; 'I wish I could go home now'.
(verb.) feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of.
(verb.) prefer or wish to do something; 'Do you care to try this dish?'; 'Would you like to come along to the movies?'.
杰里手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
(v. t.) To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
(v. t.) To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.
(v. t.) To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.
(n.) Desire; eager desire; longing.
(n.) Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.
(n.) A thing desired; an object of desire.
亚伯整理
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Desire, long, hanker, list.
v. a. Desire, long for, hanker after, set one's heart upon.
n. Desire, mind, longing, hankering, liking.
克莱德編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Desire, long_for, yearn, hanker, covet, crave,[See COVET]
編輯:塞格雷
解釋/意思:
v.i. to have a desire: to long (so in B.): to be inclined.—v.t. to desire or long for: to ask: to invoke: (Shak.) to recommend.—n. desire longing: thing desired: expression of desire.—n. Wish′er.—adj. Wish′ful having a wish or desire: eager.—adv. Wish′fully.—ns. Wish′fulness; Wish′ing-bone Wish′-bone the furcula or merrythought of a fowl; Wish′ing-cap a cap by wearing which one obtains everything he wishes.
整理:内莉
例句/造句/用法:
- I wish to express my gratitude also to Miss Florence Bonnet for aid in the correction of the manuscript. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Certainly, if you wish it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Dear Mr. Traddles and dear Trotwood, papa once free with honour, what could I wish for! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I wish, Mr. Yeobright, you could give me something to keep that once belonged to her--if you don't mind. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, her expressions more moderate! 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- And on whose behalf, he said, do you wish to do this? 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I don't see why you shouldn't like me to know that you wished to do me a service, my dear fellow. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- She had provided a plentiful dinner for them; she wished she could know that they had been allowed to eat it. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Yes, but you won't do it, answered Laurie, who wished to make up, but felt that his outraged dignity must be appeased first. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- All wished Miss Abbey good-night and Miss Abbey wished good-night to all, except Riderhood. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He wished, too, that the officers should be appointed altogether by himself, and not be nominated by the people, as the bill had proposed. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- His mother wished to interest him in political concerns, to get him into parliament, or to see him connected with some of the great men of the day. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Besides, I wished to touch no deep-thrilling chord--to open no fresh well of emotion in his heart: my sole present aim was to cheer him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The marriage was scarcely in accord with the old man's wishes, for the bandmaster's pockets were as light as his occupation. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Our conscious thoughts, observations, wishes, aversions are important, because they represent inchoate, nascent activities. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Elinor submitted to the arrangement which counteracted her wishes with less reluctance than she had expected to feel. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Do so, as he wishes it, I said to Herbert. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Quite enough to accomplish my wishes. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Fanny acknowledged her wishes and doubts on this point: she did not know how either to wear the cross, or to refrain from wearing it. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- He is the land-lord of the house my father wishes to take in Crampton. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Miss Volumnia with a third little scream takes flight, wishing her hosts--O Lud! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Burke, now:--when I think of Burke, I can't help wishing somebody had a pocket-borough to give you, Ladislaw. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- You have a reason, Walter, for wishing her to know of her husband's death besides the reason you have just mentioned? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- As to wishing, my dear Ladislaw, I have the highest opinion of your powers, you know. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But I am grateful to you for wishing to do the best for me. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- And at his side let us place the just man in his nobleness and simplicity, wishing, as Aeschylus says, to be and not to seem good. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Mr. Brooke came for his umbrella, began Meg, wishing that Mr. Brooke and the umbrella were safely out of the house. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
整理:诺拉