wanted

wanted

英 ['wɒntɪd]
　　美 ['wɔntɪd]

adj. 受通緝的；被征求的
　　v. 缺少( want的過去式和過去分詞 )；應該；打算；需要…在場

中文詞源：

wanted 受通緝的

比喻用法。

例句：

1. He knew what he wanted to do from the age of 14.
他14歲起就知道自己日後幹什麼瞭。

2. I wanted the front garden to be a blaze of colour.
我想讓門前的花園變得五彩繽紛。

3. His wife wasn't feeling too well and she wanted to go home.
他的妻子感到有些不舒服，想要回傢。

4. Friends passed the word that the miners wanted to see him.
朋友們傳話說礦工們想見他。

5. I denied my father because I wanted to become someone else.
我和父親斷絕瞭關系，因為我想成為一個不一樣的自己。