| 釋義 |
wantvt.
1.not to have,go without,be without沒有，無。
△Lr.1.1.281(278): “You have obedience scanted. / Andwell are worth the want that you have wanted.”i.e.You well deserve to go without what you have notgot; you well deserve to be treated unkindly by yourhusband,because of your own lack of affection foryour father. 你吝于孝順，所以你活該也得不到你自己不肯給人的東西。(按：意謂你對父親沒有感情，將來你丈夫也不會好好待你。)
△Rom.2.2.155: “A thousand times the worse. to want thy light.” 沒有你的光明，將是一千倍的心傷。
△Gent.3.1.147: “Because myself do want myservants'fortune.”因為我自己竟沒有我的奴仆的幸運。
2. lack,be lacking in. be deficient in 缺乏，缺少。
△2H.IV.4.4.8: “Only,we want a little personalstrength；”只是我個人還缺少一點體力。
△2H.VI.3.2.125:“The commons,like an angry hive of bees/Thatwant their leader,scatter up and down,/ And carenot who they sting in his revenge.”平民百姓們，就像一群失去蜂王的憤怒的蜜蜂，到處亂飛，為了替他復仇，不管是什么人都蜇。
△3H.VI.4.1.121:“That,though I want a king-dom. yet in marriage / I may not prove inferior toyourself.”我雖然缺少 一個王國，在婚姻上可能不比你差。
△3H.VI.4.6.57: “Ay,therein Clarence shall notwant his part.”是呀，在這件事情上克拉侖斯也少不了有一份。
△R.III.2.1.43: “There wanteth now our brotherGloucester here”，現(xiàn)在這里缺少的只有我的兄弟葛羅斯特。
△R.III.3.1.12: “Those uncles which you want weredangerous.”你沒有見到的那幾個叔叔舅舅都是危險人物。
△R.III.3.7.124(125):“The noble isle doth want her proper limbs；”這個高貴的島國缺少自己的肢體。
△H.VIII.1.1.107:“What his high hatred would effect wantsnot/A minister in his power.”他那極大的仇恨所想要實行的事，在他手下不會缺少爪牙去給他辦的。
△Gent.2.6.12:“he wants wit that wants resolved will”.沒有決心的人就是缺乏智慧。
△Shr. Ind.1.104: “Let them want noth-ing that my house affords.”凡是我家里有的，都盡量供應他們。
△Com.2.2.57(55):“I think the meat wants that(= what) I have.”我想肉還欠缺我所受到的那層手續(xù)。
△L.L.L. 4. 2. 80(79): “they shall want no instruc-tion，”他們不會得不到我的教誨。
△Shr.3.2.5:“To wantthe bridegroom when the priest attends/To speakthe ceremonial rites of marriage!”牧師等著主持婚禮，而新郎卻不知去向！
△Wiv.2.2.273(258):“Want no mon-ey,Sir John,you shall want none.”不必擔心缺錢，約翰爵士，你 一定不會缺錢用的。
△Wiv.4.4.40(39): “Why.yet there want not many that do fear/In deep ofnight to walk by this Herne's oak.”是呀，現(xiàn)在也還有不少人到夜晚不敢走近這株赫恩的橡樹。
△Ado.3.2. 20:“If hebe sad(= serious). he wants money.”如果他有了心事，那一定是因為他缺錢花。
3. need 需要。
△1H.IV.1.2.173(156): “for the poorabuses of the time want countenance.”因為在這種年頭，不景氣的歪門邪道正需要貴人贊助。
△3H.VI.5.1.66:“Owelcome,Oxford,for we want thy help.”啊，歡迎，牛津，我們需要你的援助。
4. ?lack 缺乏。
?desire,wish 想望，希望。
△R.III.3.1.6:“I want more uncles here to welcome me.”我希望有(雙關：缺乏)更多的叔叔舅舅在這里歡迎我。
～ vi. lack,be lacking 缺乏，缺少。
△L.L.L.4.3.237(233): “Where nothing wants that want (= desire) it-self doth seek.”在她的身上找不出絲毫的缺陷。
△Shr.3.2.249(246): “though bride and bridegroom wants.”盡管新郎和新娘都不在。
△As.3.3.65(62):“by so much isa horn more precious than to want.”所以有角也總比沒有角要更寶貴。
△Lr.4.6.269(264): “if your will wantnot，”只要你不缺少意志。
△H.V.3.7.83(73): “And yetmy sky shall not want.” i.e.lack stars. 我的“天空”是不會缺乏星星的。 want[w?nt]v. 想要，要，需要 n.欲望，需要，缺乏
◇ be wanting in 缺… for want of 因缺少… /from want of 因為缺少… / in want of 缺少，需要
want for 缺乏
want out 解除
want to應該
‖ want ad 招聘廣告
want list 補缺目錄
wantable adj.吸引人的
wantless adj.缺乏的，缺少的 |