n. need,necessity 需要。
△As.2.7.126:“your wanting”,你的需要。
wanting
pr. p.
1.lacking 缺乏,沒有。
△Com.1.1.8:“Who,wantin gguilders to redeem their lives.”他們,無(wú)錢去贖救自己的性命。
△Mid.1.1.54:“wanting your father’s voice,The other must be held the worthier.”沒有你父親的贊同,另一位就勢(shì)必比他強(qiáng)了。
△ Rom.5.3.15:“Or wantingthat.”如果香水不足。
△H.V.5.2.50:“Wanting thescythe,”i.e. not being mown at the proper season. 沒有鐮刀及時(shí)刈割。
2. missing 發(fā)覺遺失,惦念。
△Oth.3.3.343(342): “Hethat is robbed,not wanting what is stolen,/ Let him not know’t,and he’ s not robbed at all.”一個(gè)人被盜竊,只要沒有發(fā)覺什么東西被盜,就讓他不知道這回事,那么他就跟沒有被盜一樣。
Phrase:
wanting of: lacking 缺少,沒有。
△Rom.2.2.78:“wanting of thy love.”得不到你的愛。
wanting
p. a.lacking 缺少的。
△1H.VI.1.1.82:“Were(i.e.if ... were) our tears wanting to this funeral,/These tidings would call forth her (i.e. Englands)flowing tides.” 假如我們?cè)谶@次葬禮中缺少眼淚,這些消息就會(huì)使全英國(guó)人都淚如潮涌。