| 单词 | wish |
| 释义 | wish I. transitive verb 1. a. < the best friend a man could wish > < they want to be led, and they wish to remain free — Alexis de Tocqueville > b. < I wish I were young again > < about this time of year I begin to wish that some one would invent a bathing suit that could be worn to work — Nation's Business > c. archaic < I wish I suffer no prejudice by it — Philip Henry > 2. a. < wish the team success > — often used in formulas of greeting < wish him good night > b. < very sincerely wish him happy — Jane Austen > < embarrassed by her parents' solicitude and wished them miles away > c. dialect < when he hears that he has been wished, he … takes to his bed at once — E.B.Tylor > 3. a. < wish a wish > b. < the Persians did not wish a strong ruler — William Clark > < students who wish help in planning their courses > c. < my mother wishes you to get the car ready > < when a visitor … wishes a license to operate a rented car — Bert Pierce > < do you wish cream or lemon in your tea > 4. a. < the point I wish to make > < if men really wish to be good, they will become good — J.B.Mozley > b. < at length the day so long wished and expected came — Clara Reeve > c. archaic < I was wished to your worship, by a gentleman — Ben Jonson > < an acquaintance … had wished her to that place — Sir Walter Scott > d. < at the annual meeting the job of secretary was wished on me — F.S.Blanchard > < a friend wished a small blue mule on me — E.A.Mills > intransitive verb 1. < wish for a puppy > < wish for the courage to stand up to a bully > < as enthralling a pastime as anybody … could wish for — New Yorker > 2. < wish on a falling star > Synonyms: see desire II. 1. a. < if wishes were horses, beggars would ride > < religion is built not of wishes but of will — W.L.Sullivan > b. < our only wish was to reach some inhabited place and get something to eat — Heinrich Harrer > 2. a. < discharge their functions … in full accord with the popular wish — London Calling > b. < cross your fingers and make a wish > < out of deference to his parents' wishes — E.S.Bates > 3. a. < take from my mouth, the wish of happy years — Shakespeare > < when you see him, give him my best wishes > b. archaic < this was my wish: be thou (quoth I) accurst — Shakespeare > |
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