Want

(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'.

校对:瓦珥

• The family don't want her here, and they'll say it's because I've been ill, because I'm a weak old woman, that she's persuaded me. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Then, collecting himself, he added in his usual tone, And what may it be your pleasure to want at so early an hour with the poor Jew? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I don't want to pry, my dear. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Tell my servant to bring me up some hot water at half-past eight in the morning, and that I shall not want him any more to-night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He's good enough for the occasion: when the people have made up their mind as they are making it up now, they don't want a man--they only want a vote. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• You'll want some money. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Hunger and recent ill-usage are great assistants if you want to cry; and Oliver cried very naturally indeed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• We went to the 'commissionaire' of the hotel--I don't know what a 'commissionaire' is, but that is the man we went to--and told him we wanted a guide. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• She submitted to him, let him take what he wanted and do as he wanted with her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She wanted to plunge on and on, till she came to the end of the valley of snow. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I wanted to call upon you about it. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I told you the other day what I wanted. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He had left his sleeping wife; and wanted, as Margaret saw, to be amused and interested by something that she was to tell him. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Because you always wanted things that wouldn't do. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• What did he say he wants with those books? 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He waxes strong in all violence and lawlessness; and is ready for any deed of daring that will supply the wants of his rabble-rout. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• He wants superfine stability. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He wants me to be an India merchant, as he was, and I'd rather be shot. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• But conditions change whether statesmen wish them to or not; society must have new institutions to fit new wants, and all that rigid conservatism can do is to make the transitions difficult. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Who wants a dingy woman? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He wants no clerks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Not wanting to go through the yard, because of the dogs, she turned off along the hill-side to descend on the pond from above. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The early habit of reading was wanting. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• There was really nothing wanting. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Then you'll not be wanting me any more tonight, ma'am? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He would have been more and more sensible of what was wanting in his home. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Nothing was wanting on Mrs. Palmer's side that constant and friendly good humour could do, to make them feel themselves welcome. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Ah, well, said Mrs. Archer, I understand May's wanting her cousin to tell people abroad that we're not quite barbarians. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.

校对:奥菲莉娅