want of

基本解釋

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.
在這個世界上，人們不是被信仰所拯救的，而是被對信仰的希望所拯救。
All we want of them is to obey the orders we give them, do what we say, and do it quick.
我們要的只是他們服從我們給的命令，按我們說的做，并且迅速完成。
For, although they were bountiful in words, they were want of grammar or sentence construction.
因為，雖然他們認識的單詞不少，可還需要接受語法和句子結(jié)構(gòu)的指導。

He wrote: For want of a nail, the shoe is lost For want of a shoe, the horse is lost For want of a horse, the rider is lost.
We're just producing Coca-Cola and Pepsi and for want of a better world, spewing it out into the market.
我們只是生產(chǎn)可口可樂和百事可樂,只是投入市場造福百姓而已
耶魯公開課 - 博弈論課程節(jié)選
so ideally I sort of want to get a Ph.D with sociology so that I can go international travel,
所以，理想狀態(tài)下，我有點想要拿到社會學的博士學位，這樣我就可以跨國旅游了，
在美國旅游的經(jīng)驗 - SpeakingMax英語口語達人

Schools and hospitals, long closed for want of funds, are now operating more or less normally.
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