wanting

英 [ˈwɒntɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɑːntɪŋ]

adj.  缺少; 缺乏; 不足; 欠缺; 不够好; 不令人满意
v.  要; 想要; 希望; 需要; 需要…在场
want的现在分词

现在分词：wanting　

BNC.13677 / COCA.13860

牛津词典

adj.

• 缺少；缺乏；不足
  not having enough of sth
  1. The students were certainly not wanting in enthusiasm.
     学生们当然不乏热情。
• 欠缺；不够好；不令人满意
  not good enough
  1. This explanation is wanting in many respects.
     这一解释在很多方面不能令人满意。
  2. The new system was tried and found wanting .
     这一新系统经测试发现不够好。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不够格的;未达到应有水准的
  If you find something or someonewanting, they are not of as high a standard as you think they should be.
  1. He analysed his game and found it wanting...
     他分析了他的比赛，发现还有待改进。
  2. Eleanor was scrutinized, too, and often found wanting...
     埃莉诺也被详细审查，结论经常是不够格。
  3. He is wanting in moral constraints.
     他缺少道德约束。

英英释义

adj

• nonexistent
  1. the thumb is absent
  2. her appetite was lacking
  Synonym:lackingabsentmissing

双语例句

• One opposition member of parliament accuses the government of wanting to be above the law
  议会一名反对党议员指责政府意图凌驾于法律之上。
• I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.
  我犹豫了，不想说同事的坏话。
• Eleanor was scrutinized, too, and often found wanting
  埃莉诺也被详细审查，结论经常是不够格。
• He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government.
  他指责反对派企图颠覆政府。
• What he wants is a switch to a market economy in a way which does not reduce people's standard of living. To many this sounds like wanting to have his cake and eat it.
  他想要转型为市场经济，同时又不降低人们的生活水平。在许多人看来，这是想要鱼与熊掌兼得。
• Racist jokes come from wanting to put down other kinds of people we feel threatened by.
  开种族主义色彩的玩笑是因为我们想羞辱那些对我们构成了威胁的其他种族。
• What's wrong with his wanting to sell his land and move on?
  他想卖掉土地离开这里，这有什么错呢？
• The telephone exchange has been jammed all day with people wanting to buy season tickets.
  很多人想买季票，电话总机一天到晚忙个不停。
• He tried to tidy up, not wanting the maid to see the disarray
  他试图收拾一下，不想让女佣看见那里乱七八糟。
• He had many motives for wanting to knock off Yvonne
  他有很多杀伊冯娜的动机。