简单释义：

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v. 要；希望；想要；需要

n. 缺乏；缺少；匮乏；贫困

网络 欲望；想要某物

变形：

复数：wants  过去分词：wanted  现在分词：wanting  

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完整释义：

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v.

1.(想)要,想望;想得到
2.需要,必要;必须
3.要,要求,奢求
4.缺,缺少,缺乏
5.缺少,没有;不够,差欠
6.征求;征聘;通缉
7.乐意,中意
8.生活困难,穷困
9.通缉,追辑
10.向往

n.

1.欲求;想要的东西,必需品
2.缺乏,不足;需要
3.需求
4.欲求,招聘
5.欠缺
6.匮乏,穷困,贫穷
7.贫穷,贫困
8.煤层尖灭

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例句：

1. "These two gentlemen wanted to discuss politics, " he said. "We did not want to discuss the sanctions. "
   “这两位先生想谈论政治，”他说，“我们不想讨论美国制裁叙利亚之事。”

2. I did not want to complain about anybody, because all this there has never been wrong, including their own.
   我没有想抱怨谁，因为这一切本来就没有错，包括自己。

3. Lucidique put her hand up to kreiger's face. "Now the moment's here, I see you don't want it, " she said. "You're afraid. "
   露辛迪克抬起手放在克里奇的脸上。“此时此刻，我发现你并不想要它，”她说，“你害怕了。”

4. And she received two anonymous notes from neighbors saying they did not want to see her underwear flapping about.
   而她也接到了相邻方的两条匿名字条，称他们不想看到她的内裤飘来荡去。

5. If it's one of your days off, you may find yourself doing nothing because you want to figure out the best way to spend such limited time.
   如果今天你休息，你可能发现你什么都没干，因为你想要找出度过如此有限时间的最佳方式。

6. Any goal you want to accomplish: get yourself a calendar. Break the task down into little bits of time. Make it a game.
   对你想达成的任何目标，设一个日程表吧。把任务分解成小段的时间，把它当成游戏。

7. And I don't want to talk about the particulars of that case, but it was just so clear how vulnerable he was.
   我不想谈论这些案例的细节，但很明显他很容易受到攻击。

8. But I also want to tell you that what I am about to say will be confusing.
   但是我仍旧还是要告诉你们我接下来要说的话会令人困惑。