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2262 I
infinitive is used after want, it must have to : -T-wemt study in America. want that , AfE I
want
that you do it quickly,
want Mh! A/E AN/ i&MA" to, A ff I want
study in
jjp Wi ?, o [V] (informal)
You can come too, if you want. #P
►
NEED Vfii 2 (informal) to
need sth wH: [VN] We’ll want more furniture for the new office,
0 What this house wants is a good clean, jtjyj -ffrId 'To o [V -ing, V to inf] The plants want watering daily. & ® #;fS H ft A $£ 7JC „ 0 The plants want to be watered
daily. HAA$?:7,]C0
3 [VN]
[usually passive] to need sb to be present in the place or
for the purpose mentioned • • • f£ Tfo: She’s wanted
immediately in the director’s office. f 4o 0 Excuse
me, you’re wanted on the phone. NA —see also wanted
►
SHOULD/OUGHT TO A :
4
[V to inf] (informal)
used to give advice to sb, meaning ‘should’ or ‘ought to’ ( #1A Sift] Hi3t )
Jv£i^: If possible, you want to avoid alcohol.
o He wants to be
more careful. ftfeJSt ^ftp/NDo O You don’t want
to do it like that. f^AJSSP Mo
►
FEEL SEXUAL DESIRE f 5 [VN] to feel sexual
desire
for sb N-'-Afi#;
►
LACK Sfe '> 6 [VN] (formal)
to lack sth &Z 003 be short OF: He doesn’t want
courage.
17171 not want to know (about sth) (informal) to
take no interest in sth because you do not care about it or it is too much
trouble A$I£fiiI; AESzA I’ve tried to ask her advice, but she doesn't want
to know (= about my problems). MiltWi, 0
‘How much was it?’ ‘You don’t want to know’ (= it is better if
you don’t know). ”
, “ffcEElIjA
”
want
'rid of sb/sth (BrE, informal) to want to be free of
sb/sth that has been annoying you or that you do not want $!
]?-)$,; :
Are you trying to say
you want rid of me? what do you
'want? used to ask sb in a rude or angry way why
they are there or what they want you to do ( in'retain ) iff ff. &
MA W&; # 3S & A ft* & — more at none
pron., part n., truck n., waste v., way n. FTM-ITI 'want for sth (especially in
negative sentences A jg?Aj)
(formal) to lack sth that you really need f JD
lH W H (HJ A M )
: He’s ensured that his children will want for nothing (= will have everything
they need).
AA>lf
A^ifeAz^Ao want
sth from/ out of sth/sb to hope to get sth from a particular
experience or person }f- ■ •
^H#!!]: I had to discover what I really wanted out of life.
AfSA#?']# & <= 0 What do you want from me? #;i|
& M # III A A ? want in/out (informal, especially
NAmE) to want to come in or out of a place ft A ) : The dog wants in. want 'in |
want in/'into sth (informal) to
want to be involved in sth £111#-^;; He
wants in on the deal, ftfe#
II
#-^ i2L 35 I! o want 'out I want out of sth (informal) to want to stop being
involved in sth *| H i! ft: Jenny was fed up. She
wanted out.
SSSiift.
■
noun (formal)
►
STH YOU NEED [C, usually pi.] something that
you need or want ff 1? A H; : She spent
her life pandering to the
wants of her children.
►
LACK Sjfe ' 2 [U, sing.] ~ of sth (formal) a situation in
which there is not enough
of sth; a lack of sthJ&'>;
A;
A/S.: a. want of adequate medical facilities A /£.
►
BEING POOR 3 [U] {formal)
the state of being poor,
not having food, etc. BZ: Visitors to the
slums were clearly shocked
to see so many families living
in want, iij&jmii
17171 for (the) want of sth because of a lack of
sth; because sth is not available @ ff tfc • •
failed for want of financial
backing. @ ft f S&AJN
®JS®n^o
o We call our music ‘postmodern’for the want
of a better word. ftA&AM'n it&N§]AA3*, mil
o in want of sth
(formal) needing sth ffir H ( M 9- ’$] )
: The present system is in want of a total review. @ BU 11Affi
AlASA
not for (the) want of doing sth used to say that if
sth is not successful, it is not because of a lack of effort ff $ fy
^ A ft: If he doesn’t manage to convince them, it won’t be for want of
trying (= he has tried
hard). -la&m&tmMfflm.,
MORE ABOUT
offers and invitations h Would you like ... ? is the most
usual polite question form for offers and invitations, especially in BrE.
* Would you like ...?
it 171'njit, ichl
T-^S^iR: Would
you like a cup of coffee?
m Do you want ... ? is less formal
and more direct. It is more common in NAmE than in BrE. * Do you
want...?^«^iM@,
^hit41 # HL: We’re going to a club tonight. Do you want
to come with us? 11?
£Htf/ f/jT-tSAfl
mi
»
Would you care ... ? is
very formal and now sounds old-fashioned. * Would you care
...?
'want ads noun [pi.] (NAmE) =
classified advertisements
wanted /'wnntid; NAmE
'wain-; 'worn-/ adj. being searched for by the police, in connection
with a crime : He is wanted by the police in connection with the deaths of
two people.
0
certainly not wanting in
enthusiasm. ^ ^,/fH ^^72^ 1f0
2 not good enough
This explanation is wanting in many respects. j/L
^ M # ff.0 The new
system was tried and found wanting. o
wan-ton /'wnnton; NAmE
'wain-; 'worn-/ adj. (formal) 1 [usually before noun] causing
harm or damage deliberately and for no acceptable reason M M W ; 7^ ff M
1$; wanton
destruction 0 a wanton
disregard for human life ^ A II A M A IS 2 (old-
fashioned, disapproving) (usually of a woman A A)
behaving in a very immoral
way; having many sexual partners ► wan-ton-ly adv.
wan-ton-ness noun [U]
WAP
/wasp/
abbr. wireless application protocol (= a technology that links devices
such as mobile phones/ cellphones to the Internet)
B&lJSA ) : a WAP-enabled phone wap-iti /'wapiti; NAmE
'waip-/ noun (pi. wap-iti) (NAmE also elk) a very large N
American deer A
M AM —picture O ELK
Wat
/woi(r)/
noun
1 [U, C] a situation in which two or more
countries or groups of people fight against each other over a period of time
#£#■; the Second World War
tE fr- A ^ 0 the
threat of (a) nuclear war & A #\l£ o to winAose a/the war
A 0 the
war between
L-JIf
oft was the year
political problems led to the
outbreak (= the beginning) of war. Ac 0 Where
were you living when war
broke out?
7E
0P J L ? o The government
does not want to go to war (= start a war) unless all other
alternatives have failed.