wanting

['wɔntiŋ]

adj.不足的, 短缺的
prep.缺,少
动词want的现在分词

例句与用法：

If you want to join, there's an entrance fee of 20 and an annual membership fee of 10.

入会须缴入会费20英镑，年费10英镑。

When you're ill, wanting to get well again is often half the battle.

生病时，有决心把病治好往往是最为重要的。

Despite wanting to see him again, she refused to reply to his letters.

她尽管很想再见到他，但却不愿给他回信。

Not wanting to make my controversial views known yet, I preferred to follow the crowd for a while.

我还不想公开我那些会引起争论的观点，宁可暂且随大溜。

He has some abstract notion of wanting to change the world.

他有一种要改造世界的空想。

详细释义：

a.[F]

1. 缺少的; 没有的

He is wanting in courtesy.

他不够礼貌。

A few pages of this book are wanting.

这本书缺了几页。

2. 不够格的

prep.

缺; 无

Wanting mutual support, victory is impossible.

没有互相支援就不可能胜利。