wanting
🇬🇧/ˈwɒntɪŋ/ 🇺🇸/ˈwɑːntɪŋ/📚 14322 18中考高考四级六级考研GREIf you find something or someone wanting, they are not of as high a standard as you think they should be. 不够应有水准的
adjective [原级]缺乏的；欠缺的；不存在的，没有的；（非正式）弱智的
He analysed his game and found it wanting.
他分析了自己的比赛，发现还有待提高。
verb [vt. 及物动词]想要；需要……在场；对……有性欲；缺少；想请教；（警方）缉拿；（非正式）需要；（非正式）应该；缺少（一定的量或某个东西）；要求（某人）到来（want 的现在分词）
The new system was tried and found wanting.
这一新系统经测试发现不够好。
preposition [其他介词]没有；除去
What were his grounds for wanting a divorce?
他要离婚的理由是什么？
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