及物动词
1. want
1. That sort of work wants a lot of patience.
做这样工作需要很大的耐心。
2. It wants five minutes to three.
现在是差五分三点钟。
3. What you want is a holiday.
你所需要的是假期。
4. It wants 4 inches of 3 feet.
三英尺差四英寸。
兜风
B：Want to go for a (ride/ drive/ spin)?
想出去兜兜风吗？
A：Sure.
当然。
财政金融
A：I want the one with the highest (interest rate/ returns/ rate).
我想要最高（利息/利润/利率）。
B：Certainly.
当然。
健康和社会问题
A：I always want to (smoke/ drink/ sleep).
我老是想（抽烟/喝酒/睡觉）。
B：No. You can’t.
不行，你不可以这样。
1. 想：Ogle在1986年提出的K-W-L技术是就是一种简单易行的引导策略:当学生学习新知识前,先写下他们关于新知识已经了解(Know)的知识点,以及他们想(Want)学习的内容,将学生写的内容展示出来.
1. 需要;想要
If you want something, you feel a desire or a need for it.
e.g. I want a drink...
我想喝点什么。
e.g. Ian knows exactly what he wants in life...
伊恩很清楚他需要什么样的生活。
2. 打算
You can say that you want to say something to indicate that you are about to say it.
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e.g. I want to say how really delighted I am that you're having a baby...
我想说你怀孕了我有多高兴。
e.g. Look, I wanted to apologize for today. I think I was a little hard on you.
听我说，我想就今天的事向你道歉。我觉得我对你有点过于苛刻了。
3. (用于疑问句中表示提议或邀请)想要，需要
You use want in questions as a way of making an offer or inviting someone to do something.
e.g. Do you want another cup of coffee?...
你想再来一杯咖啡吗？
e.g. Do you want to leave your bike here?
你想把自行车停在这里吗？
4. 必须;需要
If you say to someone that you want something, or ask them if they want to do it, you are firmly telling them what you want or what you want them to do.
e.g. I want an explanation from you, Jeremy...
杰里米，我需要你解释一下。
e.g. If you have a problem with that, I want you to tell me right now...
如果你有异议，我要你马上告诉我。
5. 需要(做);该(做)
If you say that something wants doing, you think that it needs to be done.
e.g. The windows wanted cleaning...
窗户该擦了。
e.g. Her hair wants cutting.
她该剪头发了。
6. (用于建议)应该做
If you tell someone that they want to do a particular thing, you are advising them to do it.
e.g. You want to be very careful not to have a man like Crevecoeur for an enemy...
你应当格外小心，别与克雷弗克这样的人为敌。
e.g. You want to look where you're going, mate.
伙计，你应当看看你要去哪里。
7. 通缉;缉拿
If someone is wanted by the police, the police are searching for them because they are thought to have committed a crime.
e.g. They were wanted by the police...
他们被警方通缉。
e.g. He has killed many in his time, and is wanted in at least three countries...
他那个时候杀了很多人，现在至少有3个国家在通缉他。
8. 想与…发生性关系
If you want someone, you have a great desire to have sex with them.
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e.g. Come on, darling. I want you.
亲爱的，过来。我想要你。
9. 照料，爱护(小孩)
If a child is wanted, its mother or another person loves it and is willing to look after it.
e.g. Children should be wanted and planned...
应当好好照看孩子，并为他们规划一生。
e.g. I want this baby very much, because it certainly will be the last.
我很爱这个小宝贝，因为它肯定是我最后一个孩子了。
10. 想要;要
If someone wants you in a particular place or role, they desire you to be in that place or role.
e.g. Albie wants you in his office...
阿尔比要你去他办公室。
e.g. They didn't want her as attorney general...
他们不想要她做司法部长。
11. 缺乏;缺少
A want of something is a lack of it.
e.g. ...a want of manners and charm...
缺乏风度和魅力
e.g. The men were daily becoming weaker from want of rest.
由于缺乏休息，这些男人日渐虚弱。
12. 极度贫困
Want is the state of being extremely poor.
e.g. He said they were fighting for freedom of speech, freedom of worship, and freedom from want.
他说他们在为言论自由而战，为信仰自由而战，为远离贫困而战。
13. 想要的东西
Your wants are the things that you want.
e.g. She couldn't lift a spoon without a servant anticipating her wants and getting it for her...
要是没有仆人事先想她所想并为她准备妥当，她连汤匙也举不起来。
e.g. Supermarkets often claim that they are responding to the wants of consumers by providing packaged foods.
超市经常声称他们根据消费者的需要提供包装食品。
14. 由于缺少;由于没有
If you do something for want of something else, you do it because the other thing is not available or not possible.
e.g. Many of them had gone into teaching for want of anything better to do...
因为没有更好的工作，他们当中很多人做了教师。
e.g. There was another emotion, and for want of a better word he called it grief.
还有一种情感，由于找不到更好的字眼来描绘，他称它为悲痛。
15. 如果你想;如果你愿意
You say if you want when you are making or agreeing to an offer or suggestion in a casual way.
e.g. Mary says you're welcome to stay the night if you want...
玛丽说如果你愿意，可以在这儿呆一宿。
e.g. 'Do you want to go through it all?' — 'Yeah, if you want.'
“你想把它都看完吗？”——“是的，如果你愿意的话。”
16. 我并不想…;我无意…
People sometimes say 'I don't want to be rude', for example, or 'without wanting to be rude' as a way of apologizing or warning you when they are going to say something which might upset, annoy, or worry you.
e.g. 'I don't want to appear big-headed,' explains Loubet, 'but I would say there is a 95% chance of success.'...
“我并不想显得自大，”劳伯特解释说，“但我有95%的成功把握。”
e.g. Without wanting to sound mean about it, these things all have to come from a budget.
我并不想显得小气，但所有这些东西都必须从预算中开支。
17. (粗暴或生气地问)你想干什么？
If you say to someone 'what do you want?', you are asking them in a rather rude or angry way why they have come to the place where you are or why they want to speak to you.
e.g. 'What do you want!' she whispered savagely. 'Get out.'...
“你想干什么！”她粗野地低语道，“滚开。”
e.g. 'Bernie's been on the phone.' — 'What does he want?'
“伯尼来过电话。”——“他想干什么？”
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