for want of
collocation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。
缺乏；不足
wants — plural of want
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
缺乏；不足
Lack, absence, or deficiency.
She made a list of her wants and crossed off each item as she bought it.
她列了一张自己想要的物品清单，每买一样就划掉一样。
渴望,愿望,憧憬
A desire, wish, longing.
缺乏,缺席,缺失
Lack, absence, deficiency.
贫穷
Poverty.
需要或渴望的东西；失去时感到的东西
Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
The charity tries to meet the wants of families in need.
这家慈善机构努力满足困难家庭的需求。
The travelers' wants were simple: clean water and a place to rest.
这些旅行者的需求很简单：干净的水和一个休息的地方。
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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。
需要；缺少
The old house is in want of repair.
这栋老房子需要维修。
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。
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。
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。
由于缺乏；因为没有
The project collapsed for want of support.
这个项目因缺乏支持而失败了。
需要
The garden is in want of water.
花园需要浇水。
一时找不到更好的词；姑且这么说
It was, for want of a better word, a miracle.
这可以说是，姑且找不到更好的词来形容，一个奇迹。
因少了一枚蹄钉，蹄铁丢了；因少了蹄铁，马丢了；因少了马，骑手也丢了。
The want of a small nail, as this proverb warns, can set off a chain of disasters.
正如这则谚语所警告的，一枚小钉子的缺失可能引发一连串的灾难。
这个男孩是无知，这个女孩是匮乏。
In Dickens's A Christmas Carol, the child called Want symbolizes poverty.
在狄更斯的《圣诞颂歌》中，名叫“匮乏”的孩子象征着贫穷。
Use wants naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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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。
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）。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.