• 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

比喻用法。

wanted (adj.)

1690s, "lacking;" 1812, "sought by the police;" past participle adjective from want (v.). Wanted poster attested by 1945.

1. He knew what he wanted to do from the age of 14.

他14歲起就知道自己日后干什么了。

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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。

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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，想要回家。

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4. Friends passed the word that the miners wanted to see him.

朋友們傳話說礦工們想見他。

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5. I denied my father because I wanted to become someone else.

我和父親斷絕了關系，因為我想成為一個不一樣的自己。

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