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? 你再要点儿茶吗？ to want children/kids 想要孩子 to want peace/war/change 想要和平/战争/改变 Voters want answers to these questions, 选民想要这些问题的答案， If you want more information, visit the website. 如果你想了解更多信息，请访问网站。 The US wants access to Chinese markets. 美国希望进入中国市场。 The voters seem to want a reason to vote for him. 选民们似乎想要一个投票给他的理由。 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. 如果你需要帮助，尽管开口。 I want a new job. 我想要一份新工作。 All I want is the truth. 我只想知道实情。 Thanks for the present—it's just what I wanted. 感谢赠我这份礼物，这正是我想要的。 I can do whatever I want. 我想干什么就可以干什么。 The last thing I wanted was to upset you. 我最不希望做的事就是惹你不高兴。 - want something for something
What do you want for Christmas? 圣诞节你想要什么礼物？ I wanted bacon and eggs for breakfast. 我早餐想吃熏肉和鸡蛋。 - want somebody/something as something
The party wants her as leader. 这个政党希望由她做领袖。 - want to do something
What do you want to do tomorrow? 明天你想做什么？ What I really want to know is why you would even think that? 我真正想知道的是你为什么会这么想？ ‘It's time you did your homework.’ ‘I don't want to!’ “你该做作业了。” “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. 如果你想来也可以来。 We could see a movie later if you want to. 如果你愿意，我们可以晚点去看电影。 There are two points which I wanted to make. 我想要指出的有两点。 I wanted to go home. 我想回家。 I simply wanted to be left in peace. 我只想安静地待着。 She desperately wanted to believe him. 她非常想相信他。 These are books that children actually want to read. 这些是孩子们真正想读的书。 - want somebody/something to do something
Do you want me to help? 你要我帮忙吗？ I want people to know what I've done. 我想让人们知道我做了什么。 We didn't want this to happen. 我们并不希望发生这样的事情。 I want it (to be) done as quickly as possible. 我希望这件事尽快完成。 - want somebody/something doing something
I don't want you coming home so late. 我不希望你这么晚回家。 - want somebody/something + adj.
Do you want your coffee black or white? 你的咖啡里加不加奶？ It was clear that somebody wanted him dead. 很明显有人想让他死。 - want somebody/something done
They want him arrested. 他们想逮捕他。 - want something from somebody/something
What do you want from me? 你要从我这里得到什么？ - 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从生活中得到什么。
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? 为什么你想要一部新手机，而你现在的手机工作得很好？ What shall we do tonight? I’m thinking bowling. 今晚我们做什么？我在想保龄球。 I’m loving the weather today! 我喜欢今天的天气！
More About offers and invitationsoffers and invitations 提议和邀请 - 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? 喝杯咖啡好吗？
- 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? 今晚我们要去俱乐部，你想和我们一起去吗？
- Would you care…? is very formal and now sounds old-fashioned.
Would you care ...? 很正式，听起来显得过时。
More Like This Verbs usually followed by infinitivesVerbs usually followed by infinitivesExtra ExamplesI just want you to be happy. 我只是希望你快乐。 If you truly want to help, just do as I say. 如果你真想帮忙，就按我说的做。 I want to study in America. 我想去美国读书。 I want you to do it quickly. 我要你快点做。
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. 我们的新办公室需要添些家具。 What this house wants is a good clean. 这房子需要好好打扫一下。 It wants a special sort of person for that job. 它需要一个特殊的人来做这项工作。 - want doing something
The plants want watering daily. 这些植物需要天天浇水。 - 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. 这些植物需要天天浇水。
- want something
- [usually passive] want somebody (+ adv./prep.)
to need somebody to be present in the place or for the purpose mentioned 需要…在场 She's wanted immediately in the director's office. 她得马上到主任办公室去。 Excuse me, you're wanted on the phone. 对不起，有你的电话。
- want to do something (informal)
used to give advice to somebody, meaning ‘should’ or ‘ought to’ （用于提出建议）应该 If possible, you want to avoid alcohol. 你应尽可能避免饮酒。 He wants to be more careful. 他应多加小心。 You don't want to do it like that. 你不应那样做。
- want somebody
to feel sexual desire for somebody 对…有性欲 ‘I want you so much,’ she whispered in his ear. “我很想要你。”她在他耳边低声说道。 Alice, please don't leave me. I want you. I need you. I can't live without you. 艾丽斯，别离开我，我爱你，我需要你，没有你我活不下去。
- want something (formal)
to lack something 缺少；缺乏
wish希望
need需要
should/ought to应该
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；不愿理会
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 勤俭节约，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 （语带指责）你在这里干什么；你要我干什么