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1 词典释义:
for want of
时间: 2025-09-29 15:06:20
英 [fɔ:wɒnt ɒv]
美 [fɔr wɑnt əv]

phr. 因为缺乏;因缺乏;因欠缺;因缺少;由于缺少;由于没有

双语例句
  • The project failed for want of financial backing.

    这个项目由于缺少财政支援而告吹。

    《牛津词典》
  • The factories shut down for want of fuel and materials.

    这家工厂由于缺少燃料和原料而停产。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • They haven't won a game yet, but it isn't for want of trying.

    他们还没赢过一场比赛,但并不是由于拼劲不足。

    《牛津词典》
  • Tis not much, your Majesty, yet perchance it may beguile a short half-hour for want of a better.

    不多,陛下,不过,也许因为找不到更好的话题,就花短短的半个钟头讲讲。

  • The plants died for want of water.

    这些植物因缺水而枯死了。

  • Money is often lost for want of money.

    往往由于缺乏金钱而丧失金钱。

  • Not for want of trying, is Lula's response.

    而卢拉的回应则是,不能为了想试而试。

  • It is not for want of trying that the pro-Syrians' voice is weak.

    这不是亲叙派的声音太小了,而且没有扩大声势。

  • We all failed at Copenhagen, though not for want of effort from many of us.

    我们在哥本哈根都是输家,但这不是因为我们许多人缺乏行动。

  • This is not for want of dissatisfied voters or impressive opposition candidates.

    但这不是失望的选民或表现出色的在野党候选人想要的。

  • But for want of a functioning regional forum, the issue is pursued bilaterally.

    但是要建立一个能工作的区域论坛,这一问题是双边所追求的。

  • I confess that as a young girl I loved a man who would not marry me for want of a dowry.

    我坦白,作为一个年轻女孩我爱上了一个不想因我的嫁妆而娶我的男人。

  • Why do so many millions of people continue to die each year for want of access to existing interventions?

    为什么每年仍然有数以百万计的人因不能获得现有干预措施而死亡?

  • That's not for want of trying, though. The US has had zero short-term interest rates for well over two years.

    虽然,这不是想要去尝试,但美国已经超过两年零短期利率了。

  • If Adams seems unconcerned with appearing old-fashioned, Stephen Shore is, for want of a better word, a modernist.

    如果亚当斯看上去是对过时的东西漠不关心的话,那么史蒂芬·肖尔,用一个比较好的词语来形容的话,他就是一个现代主义者。

  • This isn't for want of trying: inventors have been working on creating real working jetpacks for more than 60 years, with mixed results.

    人们并不缺少尝试:发明家研制喷气背包已逾60年,成果五花八门。

  • Better data more openly analysed: exactly what climate sceptics (for want of a better word [2]) say that they want and thus should welcome.

    更好的数据更公开地分析,这也是环境怀疑论者(姑且这么称呼[2])说他们希望也因此所欢迎的。

  • They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

    饿死的不如被刀杀的,因为这是缺了田间的土产,就身体衰弱,渐渐消灭。

  • On the streets, many people seem prepared to give Mr Correa and his assembly a try, but more for want of any other Suggestions for ending chronic instability.

    在街头,很多人看起来准备给科雷亚先生和他的议会一次机会,但更多人看起来希望有其他解决长期动荡的方法。

  • That is not for want of energy, of which the boss of Cisco Systems has plenty. It is because he is a proud and enthusiastic user of his own company's technology.

    这并非由于他精力不足,这位思科系统的老板精力充沛;而是因为他以本公司科技为骄傲,是其狂热用户。

  • For want of this, much vexation and loss of time is occasioned while seeking vessels in use, or in cleansing those employed by different persons for various purposes.

    之所以需要如此,是因为当不同的人因不同的目的使用或者清洗时,寻找碗碟的过程引起了很多烦恼,浪费了大量时间。

  • Until men passed the first stage of being, perhaps that which we call the soul, for want of a better name, or a worse, could hardly have existed, and perhaps in dreams the soul is mostly absent now.

    直到人们经历过被称之为灵魂的第一阶段,否则想要一个更好或更糟糕的名字几乎是不可能的。也许,在梦中,灵魂大多都是缺失的。

  • We want the government to take notice of what we think they should do for single parents.

    我们希望政府对我们希望他们为单亲母亲应该做的事情提起注意。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • They want $20,000 in compensation for each of about 500 claimants.

    他们想要给约500个投诉者每人2万美元作为补偿金。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • I cannot for the life of me imagine why they want to leave.

    我怎么也想象不出他们为什么要走。

    《牛津词典》
  • While it is normal that you only want the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.

    你只希望自己得到最好的是人之常情,但这是你的问题和压力的来源。