want可作及物动词，也可作不及物动词。当作为及物动词时，中文含义为“需要”、“希望”、“应该”、“缺少”；作为不及物动词时，中文含义为“缺乏”、“希望”，后面可接介词in/out/for。
want是及物动词还是不及物动词
want既可用作及物动词，也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时，可接名词、代词、动词不定式、动名词作宾语，也可接以形容词、现在分词、过去分词、动词不定式、介词短语、副词充当补足语的复合宾语。用作不及物动词时，多与介词for或in连用。want一般不用于进行体，但表示语气婉转时可用现在进行时或过去进行时。
1、作为动词时，意为要;想要;希望;需要;需要…在场。
例句：Do you want some more tea?
你再要点儿茶吗？
The last thing I wanted was to upset you.
我最不希望做的事就是惹你不高兴。
We'll want more furniture for the new office.
我们的新办公室需要添些家具。
She's wanted immediately in the director's office.
她得马上到主任办公室去。
2、作为名词时，意为需要的东西;想望的东西;缺少;缺乏;不足;贫穷;贫困;匮乏。
例句：She spent her life pandering to the wants of her children.
她一生都在设法满足子女的需要。
Visitors to the slums were clearly shocked to see so many families living in want .
到过贫民窟的人看到有这么多的家庭生活在贫苦之中显然震惊不已。
You and the others can do what you want.
你和其他人去找你需要的东西吧！
Love will make up for his want of money.
爱情会补偿他金钱的不足。
want例句
China will soon want to see its own currency included in the basket, as well as the renminbi used as a means of payment in bilateral trade.
中国很快将要求自己的货币被加入篮子，并在双边贸易中使用人民币作为中间支付手段。
In the past, I thought I didn't have to worry about it, I was just a kid. As I get older, I started to have an idea of what I want to be.
过去，我认为自己是个孩子，一点也考虑过这个问题。随着我逐渐长大，我开始思考这个问题。
Evolutionarily, if lots of women want to have sex with you it would be stupid to say no.
你想啊，要是很多女人想和你上床的话，拒绝她们显然很傻。
As I realized I had quite a bit of stamina, I began to want to test myself against others.
随着我意识到我拥有一些耐力的潜质，我开始把自己和其他人做测试。
The only thing I got from that speech was that people do not want to admit they're Polish.
我从他们的话里得出的唯一结论就是，人们不愿意承认自己是波兰人。
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