want可作及物動詞，也可作不及物動詞。當作為及物動詞時，中文含義為“需要”、“希望”、“應(yīng)該”、“缺少”；作為不及物動詞時，中文含義為“缺乏”、“希望”，后面可接介詞in/out/for。

want是及物動詞還是不及物動詞

want既可用作及物動詞，也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時，可接名詞、代詞、動詞不定式、動名詞作賓語，也可接以形容詞、現(xiàn)在分詞、過去分詞、動詞不定式、介詞短語、副詞充當補足語的復(fù)合賓語。用作不及物動詞時，多與介詞for或in連用。want一般不用于進行體，但表示語氣婉轉(zhuǎn)時可用現(xiàn)在進行時或過去進行時。

1、作為動詞時，意為要;想要;希望;需要;需要…在場。

例句：Do you want some more tea?

你再要點兒茶嗎？

The last thing I wanted was to upset you.

我最不希望做的事就是惹你不高興。

We'll want more furniture for the new office.

我們的新辦公室需要添些家具。

She's wanted immediately in the director's office.

她得馬上到主任辦公室去。

2、作為名詞時，意為需要的東西;想望的東西;缺少;缺乏;不足;貧窮;貧困;匱乏。

例句：She spent her life pandering to the wants of her children.

她一生都在設(shè)法滿足子女的需要。

Visitors to the slums were clearly shocked to see so many families living in want .

到過貧民窟的人看到有這么多的家庭生活在貧苦之中顯然震驚不已。

You and the others can do what you want.

你和其他人去找你需要的東西吧！

Love will make up for his want of money.

愛情會補償他金錢的不足。

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.

中國很快將要求自己的貨幣被加入籃子，并在雙邊貿(mào)易中使用人民幣作為中間支付手段。

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.

過去，我認為自己是個孩子，一點也考慮過這個問題。隨著我逐漸長大，我開始思考這個問題。

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話，拒絕她們顯然很傻。

As I realized I had quite a bit of stamina, I began to want to test myself against others.

隨著我意識到我擁有一些耐力的潛質(zhì)，我開始把自己和其他人做測試。

The only thing I got from that speech was that people do not want to admit they're Polish.

我從他們的話里得出的唯一結(jié)論就是，人們不愿意承認自己是波蘭人。