Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #94
want
缺乏；不足
Lack, absence, or deficiency.
- 1.
A desire, wish, longing.
渴望,愿望,憧憬
- 2.
Lack, absence, deficiency.
缺乏,缺席,缺失
- 3.
Poverty.
贫穷
- 4.
Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
需要或渴望的东西；失去时感到的东西
所需之物；需要的东西；愿望；渴望；贫困；贫穷；渴望,愿望,憧憬；缺乏,缺席,缺失
In use
She made a list of her wants and crossed off each item as she bought it.
The charity tries to meet the wants of families in need.
The travelers' wants were simple: clean water and a place to rest.
Connections
Collocations
- for want of
- 由于缺乏；因…不足
- The plan failed for want of funds.由于缺乏资金，计划失败了。
- in want of
- 需要；缺少
- The old house is in want of repair.这栋老房子需要维修。
- want ad
- 征求广告；招聘广告
- She placed a want ad for a lost cat.她登了一则寻猫启事。
- wants and needs
- 需求与愿望；欲求与需要
- Their wants and needs are simple.他们的愿望和需求很简单。
- want list
- 愿望清单；待购清单
- I added the dictionary to my want list.我把这本词典加入了愿望清单。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把want名词的两个意思串起来：缺了才会想要，所以‘缺乏’和‘渴望’是一体两面；想象一个人盯着空钱包说want，既是贫穷也是愿望。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary texts、fixed phrases such as for want of and in want of 作名词时，want 通常较正式或偏文学化，多用于书面语；日常口语中更常说动词 want 或 need。常见搭配如 for want of（因缺乏）和 in want of（需要）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
英音中，font /fɒnt/ 与 want /wɒnt/ 押韵；美音中二者分别读 /fɑːnt/ 和 /wɑːnt/，仍然押韵。ant、pant、plant 拼写都以 -ant 结尾，但元音不同，不押韵。won't /wəʊnt/ 与 want 拼写相近但发音不同，注意区分。wander /ˈwɒndə(r)/ 与 want 共享开头的 /wɒn/，但音节数不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.