n. need,necessity 需要。
△As.2.7.126:“your wanting”,你的需要。
wanting
pr. p.
1.lacking 缺乏,没有。
△Com.1.1.8:“Who,wantin gguilders to redeem their lives.”他们,无钱去赎救自己的性命。
△Mid.1.1.54:“wanting your father’s voice,The other must be held the worthier.”没有你父亲的赞同,另一位就势必比他强了。
△ 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. 没有镰刀及时刈割。
2. missing 发觉遗失,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.”一个人被盗窃,只要没有发觉什么东西被盗,就让他不知道这回事,那么他就跟没有被盗一样。
Phrase:
wanting of: lacking 缺少,没有。
△Rom.2.2.78:“wanting of thy love.”得不到你的爱。
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.” 假如我们在这次葬礼中缺少眼泪,这些消息就会使全英国人都泪如潮涌。