Wanting

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Want

(a.) Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion.

编辑:洛娜

• Not wanting to go through the yard, because of the dogs, she turned off along the hill-side to descend on the pond from above. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The early habit of reading was wanting. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• There was really nothing wanting. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Then you'll not be wanting me any more tonight, ma'am? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He would have been more and more sensible of what was wanting in his home. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Nothing was wanting on Mrs. Palmer's side that constant and friendly good humour could do, to make them feel themselves welcome. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Ah, well, said Mrs. Archer, I understand May's wanting her cousin to tell people abroad that we're not quite barbarians. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• You have done the only thing wanting to complete my happiness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Away, seek them out instantly--and hark thee, if a byzant or two will sharpen their memory, let them not be wanting. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Such acts were not wanting to adorn the grim train that waited on the progress of the plague. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• However, she always said yes to whatever people asked her, wanting courage or character to beg leave to differ from anybody's opinion. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• He went to town on business three days ago, and I got him to take charge of some papers which I was wanting to send to John. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Accepting your illustration, surely we have one unquestionable virtue in England which is wanting in China. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I am constantly wanting you to draw him for me, Margaret. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• What is wanting to it? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• This is what I find principally wanting in their reasonings, and what I shall here endeavour to supply. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• She was occupied in knitting; a large cat sat demurely at her feet; nothing in short was wanting to complete the beau-ideal of domestic comfort. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• You are wanting to find out if there is anything uncomfortable for you to do now, only because Mr. Casaubon wished it. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• If you go upon arguments, they are never wanting, when a man has no constancy of mind. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I think, dear, we are wanting in respect to mamma's memory, to put them by and take no notice of them. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It's this sort of thing--this tyrannical spirit, wanting to play bishop and banker everywhere--it's this sort of thing makes a man's name stink. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The Penns found here some strenuous advocates; nor were there wanting some who warmly espoused the side of the people. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• There is a strange unwholesome smell upon the room, like mildewed corduroys, sweet apples wanting air, and rotten books. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• You know the kind of document, sir--wanting employ? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Invitations of the formal kind had been wanting, however, for Will had never been asked to go to Lowick. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It is a beautiful case--a beautiful case--and what little is wanting to complete it, I expect to be able to supply in a few hours. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Emma made no answer, and tried to look cheerfully unconcerned, but was really feeling uncomfortable and wanting him very much to be gone. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Yet as he lingered before the flower-beds in the morning sunshine, there was a certain isolation, a fear about him, as of something wanting. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• If he be as little wanting to himself as to others, his character is entirely perfect. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• He had been wanting to do that all day and now he did it, he could feel his throat swelling. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

编辑:罗德里克