Word · Frequency #586
wishing
想要；渴望
wishing is the present participle of wish.
to want or desire something
- 1.
To desire; to want.
渴望；想要。
- 2.
To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.
希望(某个结果),即使该结果不太可能或无法实现。
- 3.
To request or desire to do an activity.
请求或想要做某事。
- 4.
To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
推荐；代他人寻求信任或好感。
但愿；希望（不现实的事）；想要（做某事）；希望（做某事）；推荐；为…说情；渴望；想要。；希望(某个结果),即使该结果不太可能或无法实现。
In use
I wish I had more time to travel.
She wishes she were brave enough to speak in public.
He wished he had remembered his mother's birthday.
Verb forms
base wish · third person wishes · -ing wishing · past wished · past participle wished
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- wish for
- 渴望；希望得到（难以获得的东西）
- She wished for a quieter life.她渴望过更安静的生活。
- wish to do
- 想要做；希望做（较正式）
- I wish to book a table for two.我想预订一张两人桌。
- wish somebody luck
- 祝某人好运
- We wished her luck before the exam.考试前我们祝她好运。
- wish somebody well
- 祝某人一切顺利；祝福某人
- He wished us well as we left.我们离开时他祝我们一切顺利。
- wish that
- 但愿；希望（某事发生，尤指不太可能）
- I wish that I had arrived earlier.我要是早一点到达就好了。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 wish 的声音联想成‘未实’，愿望尚未实现，故用 wish 表渴望。
Context & Register
语域：m 常见场景：casual conversation、polite/formal requests、formal writing wish 作动词时可兼用于口语和书面语：表达愿望或遗憾时（如 I wish I could...）通常用于日常对话，语气较口语化；而表示“想要/请求”（如 I wish to...）则多见于正式场合或书面语。具体语气需根据搭配和句式判断。
Grammar Note
wish后接that从句时常用虚拟语气
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 wish /wɪʃ/ 押韵的词：fish /fɪʃ/、dish /dɪʃ/、swish /swɪʃ/（重读元音和结尾辅音相同）。注意拼写相似的 lookalikes：wash /wɒʃ/ 和 push /pʊʃ/ 发音不同（元音不同），不要混淆。
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 4，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。
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