英语释义

1. because of not having (something) because (something) does not exist or is not available

2. in the condition of wanting or needing (something)

3. not because of not having or doing (something)

片语

fail失败，不及格；破产；缺乏；衰退

want of natural resources资源匮乏

want none of that不希望发生

I Want All of Them我全都要

Want peace of mind reading想安心读书

I want glass of beer我想要一杯啤酒

claim声称；（财产等）所有权；（向公司等）索赔；专利新特征申明；要求（权利）；（取得的）采矿地；索要

out of由于；缺乏；自…离开；用…（材料）

want out of想退出

I want copies of rice我想要水稻的副本

I want all of you我想要你的全部

I want half of the我想要一半

ask（Ask）（芬、瑞典）阿斯克（人名）

英汉例句

• A TRUTH universally acknowledged for some years in Western financial markets has been that a single stock exchange in possession of a good strategy must be in want of a partner.

  凡是有卓越战略的股票交易所，必定需要找个伴侣，这已成了一条多年来西方金融市场公认的真理。

• There was, at times, a want of spirits about him which, if it did not denote indifference, spoke of something almost as unpromising.

  他有时候没精打采的，如果不是表示态度冷淡的话，就说明前景有点不妙。

• We found that too often American men were dying in those rice paddies from want of support from our so-called Allies.

  我们发现很多时候美国士兵因为得不到所谓盟军的帮助而死于那些稻田里。

• All we want of them is to obey the orders we give them, do what we say, and do it quick.

  我们要的只是他们服从我们给的命令，按我们说的做，并且迅速完成。

• The book was dedicated to the 「millions who suffer through want of work」.

  这本书是为了献给「数以百万计在失业的痛苦中煎熬的人们」。

• Why do so many millions of people continue to die each year for want of access to existing interventions?

  为什么每年仍然有数以百万计的人因不能获得现有干预措施而死亡？

• But in matters of greater weight, I may suffer from the want of money.

  可是遇到重大问题，我可能就会因为没有钱而吃苦了。

• Better data more openly analysed: exactly what climate sceptics (for want of a better word [2]) say that they want and thus should welcome.

  更好的数据更公开地分析，这也是环境怀疑论者(姑且这么称呼[2])说他们希望也因此所欢迎的。

• For want of this, much vexation and loss of time is occasioned while seeking vessels in use, or in cleansing those employed by different persons for various purposes.

  之所以需要如此，是因为当不同的人因不同的目的使用或者清洗时，寻找碗碟的过程引起了很多烦恼，浪费了大量时间。

• Sacking him now gives the Republicans a golden opportunity to say that Mr Obama is taking petty revenge against a dedicated warrior guilty only of too much candour and a want of tact.

  现在解雇他无疑给了共和党一个黄金话柄：共和党会认为奥巴马在报复一位鞠躬尽瘁，若说有罪也只因太坦白和不谨慎的军人。

• For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

  因为办这供给的事，不但补圣徒的缺乏，而且叫许多人越发感谢神。

• What did they want of her, good God!

  人家究竟要她怎么样，慈悲的上帝？

• The animal heat is the result of a slow combustion, and disease and death take place when this is too rapid; or for want of fuel, or from some defect in the draught, the fire goes out.

  动物热能来自于体内食物的缓慢燃烧，如果燃烧的速度过快，动物就会生病，甚至死亡；如果缺乏燃料，或是通路不畅，生命之火就会熄灭。

• It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

  凡是有钱的单身汉，总想娶位太太，这已经成了一条举世公认的真理。

• Though wounded as a theory, it limps on under assumed names as the practice of government on both sides of the Atlantic for want of credible alternatives.

  虽然其理论已知有瑕疵，但骨子里仍被大西洋两岸的政府，假藉其他较冠冕的名义，半吊子的施行着，因为找不到比较可靠的替代方案。

• That is not for want of energy, of which the boss of Cisco Systems has plenty. It is because he is a proud and enthusiastic user of his own company「s technology.

  这并非由于他精力不足，这位思科系统的老板精力充沛；而是因为他以本公司科技为骄傲，是其狂热用户。

• This is not for want of dissatisfied voters or impressive opposition candidates.

  但这不是失望的选民或表现出色的在野党候选人想要的。

• Until men passed the first stage of being, perhaps that which we call the soul, for want of a better name, or a worse, could hardly have existed, and perhaps in dreams the soul is mostly absent now.

  直到人们经历过被称之为灵魂的第一阶段，否则想要一个更好或更糟糕的名字几乎是不可能的。也许，在梦中，灵魂大多都是缺失的。

• You can ask essentially any question you want of an RDBMS, but for an HDBMS you can only ask the questions designed into the system.

  本质上，您可以问任何有关 RDBMS的问题，但对于HDBMS，只能问一些设计到系统中的问题。

• Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.

  其实我有粮草可以喂驴，我与我的妾，并我的仆人，有饼有酒，并不缺少什么。

• Yet he had a weakness, which proved a serious defect--it was his want of temper; his genius was sacrificed to his irritability.

  但是他有一个缺点，即脾气暴躁，后经证实，这是一个严重的不足；他的才华遭到了暴躁性格的损毁。

• But for want of a functioning regional forum, the issue is pursued bilaterally.

  但是要建立一个能工作的区域论坛，这一问题是双边所追求的。

• Mrs. Darling left the room to get a chocolate for him, and Mr. Darling thought this showed want of firmness.

  达林太太走出房间去给拿了一块巧克力，达林先生认为，这是不坚定的表现。

• Not for want of trying, is Lula」s response.

  而卢拉的回应则是，不能为了想试而试。

• It is a truth universally acknowledged that a writer in possession of a good idea must be in want of a voice.

  如果一个作家有许多优秀的观点，那他一定想要有发言权，这是一个大众广泛认可的事实。

• On the streets, many people seem prepared to give Mr Correa and his assembly a try, but more for want of any other Suggestions for ending chronic instability.

  在街头，很多人看起来準备给科雷亚先生和他的议会一次机会，但更多人看起来希望有其他解决长期动蕩的方法。