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want1 /wont US: want; want/ n 1 [U] lack; scarcity; state of being absent: 缺乏; 稀少; 缺少的状态： The earthquake victims are suffering for ~ of food and medical supplies. 地震前灾民缺乏食物及药物。 The plants died from ~ of water. 这些机物因缺水而死。 Your work shows ~ of thought/ care. 你的工作显示你缺乏思想(不够细心)。 2 [D] need; absence of some necessary thing: 需要; 匮乏： The house is in ~ of repair. 这亩子需要店理亍。 We may one day be in ~, very poor. 我府也许有一天会匝穷。 3 [C] (usu pl) desire for sth as necessary to life, happiness, etc; thing to be desired: (通常用复数)欲望; 欲获得之物： He is a man of few ~s. 他是一个欲望很少的人。 We can supply all your ~s. 我们可以供应你所需要的一切东西。 The book meets a long-felt ~, sth that has been needed for a long time.. 这本书满足了人们久已感到的需要。 |