want的五个用法总结：want sth，表示想要某物；want to do sth,表示想要做某事；want sb to do sth，表示想要某人做某事；want加that宾语从句，表示请求、命令、建议做什么；want用于过去完成时，表示未达到本来的愿望。
一、want可作动词，意为要;想要;希望;需要;需要…在场。
1、Do you want some more tea?
你再要点儿茶吗？
2、I just wanted to know if everything was all right.
我只是想知道是否一切都好。
3、What this house wants is a good clean.
这房子需要好好打扫一下。
4、Excuse me, you're wanted on the phone.
对不起，有你的电话。
5、He wants to be more careful.
他应多加小心。
6、He doesn't want courage.
他有的是勇气。
二、want还可作名词，意为需要的东西;想望的东西;缺少;缺乏;不足;贫穷;贫困;匮乏。
1、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。
2、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。
3、You and the others can do what you want.
你和其他人去找你需要的东西吧！
4、If we can't get what we want, we shall have to make do without it.
如果不能弄到我们所需要的东西，我们就只得将就对付过去了。
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