want既可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),可接名詞、代詞、動(dòng)詞不定式、動(dòng)名詞作賓語,也可接以形容詞、現(xiàn)在分詞、過去分詞、動(dòng)詞不定式、介詞短語、副詞充當(dāng)補(bǔ)足語的復(fù)合賓語。
want可接由that引起的賓語從句,表示“請(qǐng)求,命令,建議”等,主要用于美式英語中。
want用作動(dòng)詞的用法例句：
I want large ones, not small ones.我要大的, 不要小的。
He wants me to go with him.他希望我同他一起去。
What they talked about is what we want to know.他們談?wù)撌裁词俏覀兯胍赖氖隆?/p>
want可以用作名詞：
want用作名詞時(shí)意思是“缺乏,不足”,是抽象名詞,不可數(shù)，引申作“需要的東西,想往的東西”時(shí),是可數(shù)名詞,常用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
want有時(shí)可作“貧窮”解。
for want of和from (the) want of在句中均可用作原因狀語,但前者多用于主語指人的句子,說明理由; 而后者多用于主語指事物的句子,說明原因。
want用作名詞的用法例句：
The plants died from want of water.這些植物因缺水而死。
Their health had suffered from years of want.他們長(zhǎng)年貧困影響了身體健康。
Thus a computer is soon viewed as a need rather than a want.這樣,計(jì)算機(jī)很快就被視為必需品,而非需求品。