vt.[W]

1. 要，想要[+to-v][O2][O7][O8][O4]
   I don't want my daughter taken out after dark.

   我不愿有人在天黑以后带我女儿外出。

   He wants you to see him in London without fail.

   他要你务必在伦敦见他。

   Somebody wants to see you.

   有人想见你。

2. 想见；要求（某人）来；想用（某人）[H]
   You're wanted on the phone.

   有你的电话。

3. 缉拿，追捕[H][（+for）]
   The robber is wanted by the police.

   警方在通缉那个强盗。

4. 需要[+v-ing]
   Your coat wants washing.

   你的衣服该洗了。

   What you want is a holiday.

   你所需要的是度假。

5. 【口】应该[Y][+to-v]
   You want to tell him the truth.

   你应该把实情告诉他。

6. 缺乏，缺少
   He certainly does not want intelligence.

   他当然并不傻。

vi.[W]

1. 缺乏，缺少；需要[（+for）]
2. 生活困苦，贫困
   The opera star wanted in her later years.

   那位歌剧明星晚年生活困苦。

n.

1. 需要的东西；必需品[P1]
2. 缺乏，不足[U][（+of）]
   He did not get the promotion for want of judgment.

   他因缺乏判断力而未获提升。

3. 匮乏，贫困[U]
4. 需要[U]

v.

1. have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.
   ▸wish to speak to (someone).
   ▸ (be wanted) (of a suspected criminal) be sought by the police for questioning.
   ▸desire (someone) sexually.
2. informal, chiefly Brit. (of a thing) require to be attended to:
   the wheel wants greasing.
   ▸should or need to do something.
3. (often want for) literary lack or be short of something desirable or essential.

n.

1. lack or deficiency.
   ▸poverty.
2. a desire.