| 词组 | want |
| 释义 | want If you want something, you feel a need for it or a desire to have it. Do you want a cup of coffee? All they want is a holiday. You do not normally use a continuous tense of want. You do not say, for example, 'All they are wanting is a holiday'. ◊ used with a 'to'-infinitive You can say that someone wants to do something. They wanted to go shopping. I want to ask a favour of you, Anna. You do not say that someone 'wants to not do' something or 'wants not to do' something. You say that they don't want to do it. I don't want to discuss this. He didn't want to come. Instead of using a 'to'-infinitive clause, you can sometimes use 'to' on its own after don't want. For example, instead of saying 'I was invited to go, but I didn't want to go', you would normally say 'I was invited to go, but I didn't want to'. Note that you do not say 'I was invited to go, but I didn't want it'. I could finish it by October, but I just don't want to. I think that it is very wrong to force people to work if they don't want to. You can say that you want someone else to do something. I want him to learn to read. The little girl wanted me to come and play with her. You do not use a 'that'-clause after want. You do not say, for example, 'I want that he should learn to read'. ◊ requests You do not normally use want when you are making a request. It is not polite, for example, to walk into a shop and say 'I want a box of matches, please'. You should say 'Could I have a box of matches, please?' or just 'A box of matches, please.' For more information about requests, see entry at ↑ ◊ another meaning of 'want' Want has another meaning. If something wants doing, there is a need for it to be done. We've got a couple of jobs that want doing in the garden. The fields were full of weeds and the buildings wanted roofing. Note that you do not use a 'to'-infinitive in sentences like these. You do not say, for example, 'We've got a couple of jobs that want to be done in the garden'. ◊ 'be about to' You do not use want to to say that someone is going to do something very soon. You do not say, for example, 'I had put on my coat, and was just wanting to leave when the telephone rang'. The expression you use is be about to. Her father is about to retire soon. He was just about to go on stage again. |
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