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to want to do sth;
to want sth to happen 希望
(做某事）；想要（某事貪生）：[V] Foil
may stay untiZ morning, f/ you wish•如果你愿意，你可以一直待到早
晨。◊
7’d rather not taZfc now. ’ 丫Just)
as you wish心“现 在我最好还是不说话。”“悉听尊便。” ◊ [V to inf]
This course is designed for people wishing to update their computer 这门课程是为想要提高电脑技术的人而设
的。〇 J wish to speafc to the manager.我想跟经理说话。
〇 I dorCt
wish (= I don't mean) to be rude, but could you be a
HttZe quieter?我不想无礼，但请您安静一点儿好吗？
〇 [VNN] She could not believe that he
wished her harm. iDt 不能相信他希望她受到伤害。◊
[VN to inf] He
w〇5 not sure whether
he .wished her to stay or go..他说不准他到 底是希望她留下还是离开9 3 [V]〜（for sth) to
think very hard that you want sth, especially sth that can only be achieved by
good luck or magic 盼望；企求；想要：She shut
her eyes and wished /or him to get better.她闭上眼 睛盼祷他好起来。◊
"you wish reaHy hard, maybe youi get what you .want•心诚贝ij 灵。◊
ft’s no use wishing/or the ZmpossiWe.企求不可的事情是徒劳无益的。◊
Jfe has everything he couZd possiWy wish/or.他可能想要的
一切东西他都有了.P.
4 to say that you hope that sb will be happy, lucky, etc.祝；说愿：[VNN] J wished her a happy birthday.我祝她生曰诶汆。◊
Wish rne〖ucfc/.祝我
交好运吧！ ◊ [VN] We wish t/iem both well in their
retirement. 我们祝愿他们两位退休后颐养^天年。 rwish!
(informal) used to say that sth is impossible or very unlikely,
although you wish it were possible 但愿如此
(但不可能或不大可能）BCCl if only： Tou7Z have _/iini5/zed
by tomorrow.’ 7 wish/’. “你到明天就完成了。.”
‘'‘但愿如 ” fcii!i；mTj
,wish sth a'way to try to get rid of sth by wishing it did not exist 从心里竭 摆脱；声
望…不再存在：'wish
sb/sth on sb (//i/omjfl/) (used in negative sentences 用于定句）to want
sb to liave sth unpleasant 想让…★(不ti快事■)
: I would^t wish something
?ifce t/iat on my worst enemy.即使是我的死对 头，我也不想他出那样的事。
■ noun 1 [C] ~ (to do sth) | ~ (for sth) a desire or a feeling that you want to do
sth or have sth 愿望；希望：She caressed
<2 wish
to be aZone.她表示希望一个人待着。◊
He had no wish to start a 你/it.他夫;意挑衅。◊ I can
understand her wish /or secrecy.我可 运解她想保守秘 密的愿望。◊
His dearest wish what he wants most of all) is to see his grandchi〖dren
aga/n.他最大的愿望是能
再次见到自己的孙子孙女。2 [C] a
thing that you want to have or to happen想要的东西；希望的事：to
wish-bone /'wijbaun;
NAmE -boun/ noun a V-shaped bone between the neck
and breast of a chicken, duck, etc. When the bird
is eaten, this bone is sometimes pulled apart by twq people, and the person who
gets the larger part can make a wish.叉骨，如愿骨(吃家禽 等时两人将颈与胸之间的V形骨拉开，得大块骨者可
许愿）
GRAMMAR
PO丨NT语法说明 wish
After the verb wish in sense 1, a past tense is always
used in a fhaf clause.动词wish在第1 ■义时，后面的
that 从句总是用过去时：Do you
wish (thai) you had a fceffery’ob?你命望夸个更好的工.作—？ In more formal English, especially in NAmE,
many people use were after /, he, s/?e, /f
instead of was...隹吏式的英语,
尤其是北美英语中，许多人在I、he、she、it之后用 were,而不角 was: I wish he were here tonight•要是 他今晚在这儿就好了。
.wishful
'thinking[U] the belief that sth that you want to happen is
happening or will happen, although this is actually not true or very unlikely 单凭主观愿望的
想法；一相情愿：7’ve
got a/eding that Aiex 〖ifces me, but that mightjust be wish力f&infcf/ig•我有一种感觉：亚历
克斯喜欢我。但那可能只是我一相情愿的想法。
'wishing
well noun a well that
people drop a coin into and make a wish (投币）许愿井
'wish list noun
{informal) all the things that you would like to have, or that
you would like to happen 希望一览
表（指所有希望得到的东西或全部希望发生的事情） wishy-washy
/'wiji wDji; NAmE -woiji; -wa:Ji/ adj.
(informal, disapproving) 1 not having clear or firm ideas or beliefs (思想或信仰）稀里糊涂的，不清楚的，不坚
定的：a wishy-washy
Ziberar'不坚定的自由圭义者2 not
bright in colour (颜色 浅的，淡的：a
wishy-washy bZue淡淡的蓝色
wisp /wisp/ /70W/1 〜(of
sth) 1 a small，thin piece of hair, grass, etc.(头发、草等的）小缕，小绺，小把，小束
2 a long thin line of smoke or cloud (烟、云等的）一缕
wispy /'wispi/
adj. consisting of small, thin pieces; not thick—绺络的；一缕缕的；成束的；纤细的：wispy
hair/douds —缕缕头发 /云彩.◊ a wispy beard —络邊 胡须
wisteria /wi'storia; NAmE -'stir-/ (also wis-taria
/wi'stearia; NAmE -'ster-/) noun [U] a climbing plant with
bunches of pale purple or white flowers that hang down紫藤属|直物
wist.fu匿 /'wistfl/〇£/_/.
thinking sadly about sth that you would like to have, especially sth in
the past that you can no longer have伤感的；（对已不可能发生之事）徒
然神往的：a smiZe 伤感的微笑►
wist.ful.ly /-fali/
adv. ： She sighed wis办Hy.她疠感地叹息。◊
‘i/ only 了 had fcnow/i you t/ien,’ he said “奏是我ip时i又
识你就好了。”他向往地说道。wistfulness
nownju] wit
/wit/ noun 1 [U, sing.] the ability to say or write things that
are both clever and amusing .措辞 巧妙的能力；风趣；才思：
to have a quick/sharp/ d/y/readywit才思敏捷；敏锐机智；假装正经的诙谐；
头脑机敏◊ a woman o/vvit and inteZZigence 才思敏捷、 聪颖的女子◊
a book 〇/ the wft and
wisdom 〇/ his 30 years in
poZfrics —;i有关他30年政治生涯中才思与智
慧的书■ 2 [C] a person who has the ability to say or write
things that are both clever and amusing 才思敏捷说话 诙谐的人;.机智幽默的人:：a
weH-fcnoivn wit and raconteur —位闻全遐迩、妙语连珠的故事大王 3 wits [pi.】 your
ability to think quickly and clearly and to make good decisions理解力；颖悟力；头脑；智力：He
needed aH his wits to_/iind his way out.他需要绞尽脑汁找到出路。◊
77ie game was a Zong battle o/wits•这运游戏是长时间的
斗智。◊ Kate
paused and gathered her wits•凯特停下
秦候复一下理—〇 〇a chance to pit your wits against (=compete with,
using your intelligence) our quiz champion利用你的智慧同我们的知识竞赛冠军进行较量
的机备 4 -witted (in
adjectives 构成形容词）having
the type of intelligence mentioned 有…智慧的；头脑…的：
a quicfc-wi'tted group 〇/ students —群头▲聪 __的学生
5 [U]〜to do
sth the intelligence or good sense to know :what is the right thing to do (，正确判断的）能力，智
力；明智：At 〖east
you had the wit to asfc/or heip.你运 稔还罷意识到要求救。◊
ft shouid not be beyond the wit