want

n

1. C,常用单 正式 缺乏，缺少

• a want of good sense 缺乏明智

• The plants died from want of water. 这些植物因缺水而枯死。

2. U 文 贫困

• live in want 生活贫困

3. C,常用复 需要(的东西)，渴望(的事物)

• the primary wants of human life 人类生活的基本必需品

• He is a man of few wants. 他是个生活需求不多的人。

词组for want of 因为缺乏

• I have to use this word for want of a better one. 我想不出更好的词，只好用这个了。

• I decided to take the job for want of anything better. 由于没有更好的，我决定把这份工作接受下来。

in want of 需要…的

• The office building is in want of repair. 这幢办公楼需要修缮。