| 单词 | wish |
| 释义 | wish1 /wɪʃ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb 1 [intransitive, transitive] formalWANT if you wish to do something or you wish to have it done for you, you want to do it or want to have it done 想做（某事）；想要 SYN likewish to do something I wish to make a complaint. 我要投诉。 If you wish to discuss this matter further please do not hesitate to contact me. 如果你想进一步讨论此事，请尽管和我联系。 You may leave now, if you wish. 如果你想走，现在就可以走了。(just) as you wish (=used in formal situations to tell someone you will do what they want) 如你所愿〔告诉某人会按其意思做事〕 ‘I’d like it to be ready by six.’ ‘Just as you wish, sir.’ “我希望6点之前准备好。”“听您的，先生。” The cook will prepare whatever you wish. 你想吃什么厨师就会给你做什么。 RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say want rather than wish: 在日常英语中，人们一般说want，而不说wishI want to see the manager. 我要见经理。You can go, if you want. 你想去就可以去。2 [transitive]WANT to want something to be true although you know it is either impossible or unlikely 希望〔不可能或可能性很小的事成为现实〕 → if onlywish (that) I wish I didn’t have to go to work today. 如果我今天不用上班就好了。 I wish that I could afford a new car. 我要是有钱买辆新车就好了。 He wished Emily were with him. 他真希望埃米莉陪着他。 Sometimes I wish I had never been born. 有时候我倒希望自己没有生出来。5 GRAMMAR 语法• When talking about things that you would like to happen or be true, use wish and the past tense, or wish and would or could. 谈论希望发生或属实的事，可以用wish加过去时，或者用wish加would或couldI wish I lived in New York.我希望自己住在纽约。• In British English, you can either say ‘I wish I was’ or ‘I wish I were’, which is rather formal. In American English, you should use were. 英国英语中可以说I wish I was或I wish I were，后者比较正式。美国英语中应该用wereI wish they would explain things better.我希望他们把事情解释得更清楚。• When talking about things that you would like to have happened, use wish and the past perfect tense. 表示希望某些事情已经发生，用wish加过去完成时I wish I were ten years younger.我真希望自己年轻十岁。I wish I had paid more attention in class.我真希望我以前上课时听讲更认真些。n GRAMMAR: Patterns with wish• You wish that you could do something: I wish I could speak Spanish. ✗Don’t say: I wish I can speak Spanish. • You wish that something would happen: I wish it would stop raining.I wish you wouldn’t do that.• You wish that you had done something: I wish I had paid more attention in class. 我真希望我以前上课时听讲更认真些。She wished she hadn’t said that she was bored.• You wish that you could have done something: I wish I could have seen his face!• In everyday spoken English, you say I wish I was: I wish I was back home in Hong Kong.• In more formal English, especially in American English, you use I wish I were: I wish I were back home in Hong Kong.• I wish I were is often used when talking about things that are impossible: I wish I were you! I wish I were younger.3 [transitive]HAPPY to say that you hope someone will have good luck, a happy life etc 祝，祝愿〔某人好运、幸福等〕wish somebody something We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 我们祝你圣诞快乐、新年幸福！ We wish them every happiness in their new home. 我们祝愿他们在新家一切如意。 He shook my hand and wished me luck. 他和我握手，祝我好运。wish somebody well (=say that you hope that good things will happen to someone) 祝某人好运[顺利] My friends wished me well in my new job. 朋友们祝我新工作顺利。4 I couldn’t wish for a nicer/better etc ... (also the nicest/best etc ... I could have wished for)GOOD/EXCELLENT used to emphasize that you are very happy with what you have and cannot imagine anyone or anything better 我不能再奢求更好的…；我想要的最好的… I couldn’t wish for a better husband. 我不能再奢求比他更好的丈夫了。 It’s the best birthday present I could have wished for. 这是我想要的最好的生日礼物。5 I wish (that) somebody would do something spoken used to say that you find someone’s behaviour annoying and want them to change 我真希望某人能做某事〔指改变令人讨厌的习惯〕 I wish you’d stop treating me like a child! 我真希望你别再把我当成小孩子了！6 [intransitive] a) to want something to happen or to want to have something, especially when it seems unlikely or impossible 希望〔不大可能的事〕发生；想拥有〔不大可能拥有的东西〕 → long forwish for It was no use wishing for the impossible. 不可能的事情想也没用。 She was like the sister I never had but always wished for. 她就像一个我不曾有过却一直想要的姐姐。 b) to silently ask for something you want and hope that it will happen by magic or good luck – used especially in children’s stories 盼望，祈求〔尤用于儿童故事〕wish for One day she found a magic ring that brought her whatever she wished for. 有一天她找到一枚神奇的戒指，能让她想要什么就有什么。7 I wish! spokenWANT used to say that something is not true, but you wish it was 但愿如此！ ‘I think he really likes you.’ ‘I wish!’ “我认为他很喜欢你。”“但愿如此！”8 you wish! spoken used to tell someone that what they want to happen or be true will definitely not happen or become true 你做梦吧！ ‘I’m going to be famous one day.’ ‘You wish!’ “总有一天我会成名的。”“你做梦吧！”9 wouldn’t wish something on/upon somebody spokenUNPLEASANT used to say that something is very unpleasant and that you would not like anyone to have to experience it 不想某事发生在某人身上 Having your house broken into is terrible. I wouldn’t wish it on anybody. 家里被撬很可怕。我希望这种事不要发生在任何人身上。10 I don’t wish to interfere/be nosy etc British English spoken formalSORRY/APOLOGIZE used to show you are sorry if what you are going to say upsets or annoys someone 我并不想干涉/多管闲事等〔表示如要说的话令某人不安或不快，则致歉在先〕 I don’t wish to seem ungrateful, but it’s not quite what I expected. 我并不想显得不领情，可这并非是我所期望的样子。11 I (only) wish I knew British English spokenNOT KNOW used to emphasize that you do not know something, and you wish you did know 我知道就好了〔用于强调不知道某事〕 ‘Where on earth have they gone?’ ‘I wish I knew!’ “他们到底去哪儿啦？”“我知道就好了！”12 wish something ↔ away phrasal verb a) GET RID OFto make something unpleasant disappear by wanting it to disappear, without doing anything about it 凭主观愿望使…消失，希望〔令人不快的事〕自行消失 You can’t just wish your problems away, you know! 你知道，你光想是不会让问题消失的！b) wish your life away to always be thinking about the future, so that you do not do or enjoy things now – used to show disapproval 〔总是想着将来而〕忽略了眼下的生活〔含贬义〕 Don’t wish your life away. 不要总是想着将来而忽略当下！→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuswish• He can blast a race open whenever he wishes.• Anyone wishing to order the book should send a cheque to the publishers.• Everyone has the right to smoke if they wish, but not the right to ruin the health of those around them.• I wish I didn't have to go to school.• I wish I had a car like that.• Beth wished she could stay there forever.• Afterward, Violet wished she hadn't said anything.• I wish they would turn that music down.• He did not wish to appear on the terrasse of the Continental at such an early hour.• He did not wish to love one more than the next.• I wish to purchase a second house in the UK for investment purposes.• I may therefore not have heard points made to which I wish to refer.• Every country wishes to see its own sportsmen and sportswomen as international champions.• Eventually, once he has them firmly under his rounded arm, he wishes us farewell.wish to do something• This is unlikely to deter parents wishing to start a family at a more mature age than usual.• In other words, while the original does not communicate what the speaker wished to communicate, the reformulation does.• What he wishes to do is to establish through everyday occurrences the realization within you of his existence.• Below are some points which you may wish to include in your application form.• A case-study involves the in-depth study of a single example of whatever it is that the sociologist wishes to investigate.• If you wish to join the tour, please be at the Box Office by 10am.• The police wish to question him about the fire.• I wish to report a robbery.• Rather than any theory of civilizations, therefore, we must study real instances if we wish to understand what civilization is.• You can repeat this option for each range of Assessors that you wish to view.wish (that)• Not wishing to appear stupid or ill-informed in front of patients and colleagues.• So now is the time to get over wishing that that were not the case.• I only wish Becker had taken questions from the audience.• I wish I could play the piano like that!• I wish I'd got some cos I could really do with a hot drink.• She wished that Ben would come home.• One wishes to see the entire full-length feature, to get a more complete sense of their lives.• I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with roughest courage.• If you believe you can return to this reality whenever you wish, you will.wish somebody something• Wish me luck!• She called to wish me a happy birthday.wish for• As North pointed out, these objectives were almost universally wished for.• I couldn't have been happier: there was nothing else I could wish for.• We hunted for mushrooms, boiled them in water, ate the glutinous mass slowly, wishing for salt.• The fisherman apologized for bothering him and then told the fish about the wish for a cottage.• But it was different to wish for calm and to be caught in calm.• Why did he sit there in that most sociable of settings, solitary and apparently with neither need nor wish for company?• I make a wish for time: time, time, time; for timelessness. 2.wish2 ●●● S3 noun [countable] 1 WANTa desire to do something, to have something, or to have something happen 希望；愿望wish of It’s important to listen to the wishes of the patient. 倾听病人的意愿很重要。wish to do something Despite her wish to continue working, she was forced to retire at the age of 62. 她尽管有继续工作的愿望，可在62岁时还是被迫退休了。 → death wish2 ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethinga silent request for something to happen as if by magic 默祷，祈求；许愿 Close your eyes and make a wish. 闭上眼睛许个愿。3 against somebody’s wishes DISOBEYif you do something against someone’s wishes, you do it even though you know they do not want you to 〔做事〕违反某人的意愿 She’d left school against her mother’s wishes. 她违背母亲的愿望辍学了。go against somebody’s wishes (=do something against their wishes) 与某人的意愿相悖4 best/good/warmest etc wishes used, especially in cards and letters, to say that you hope someone will be happy, successful, or healthy 最诚挚/良好/最热烈等的祝愿best/good/warmest etc wishes for Best wishes for a long and happy retirement! 祝你退休生活长久愉快！ She asked me to pass on her good wishes to all her friends and colleagues. 她请我向她所有的朋友和同事转达良好的祝愿。(With) best wishes (=used at the end of a letter before you sign your name) 祝好〔信尾署名前用语〕 With best wishes, Celia. 祝好，西莉亚。5 have no wish to do something formalWANT used to emphasize that you do not want or intend to do something 无意做某事〔用于强调〕 I have no wish to speak to her ever again. 我再也不愿意跟她说话了。6. your wish is my command OBEYused humorously to say that you will do whatever someone asks you to do 你的愿望就是对我的命令〔幽默用法〕 COLLOCATIONSverbsmake a wish (=silently ask for something that you want to happen) 许个愿He blew out the candles and made a wish. 他吹灭蜡烛,许了个愿。get/have your wish (=get what you want) 愿望得以实现She wanted him to leave, and she got her wish. 她希望他离开,终于如愿以偿。grant/fulfil somebody's wish (=give someone what they want) 满足某人的愿望His parents would now be able to grant his wish. 他的父母现在能够满足他的愿望了。express a wish 表达愿望He expressed a wish to go to the United States. 他表达了想去美国的愿望。respect somebody’s wishes (=do what someone wants) 尊重某人的意愿We have to respect his wishes. 我们得尊重他的意愿。ignore somebody’s wishes 忽略某人的意愿It is important not to ignore the wishes of the patient. 不能忽视病人的意愿,这是很重要的。phrasessomebody's wish comes true 某人的愿望实现His wish came true when he was called up to play for England. 被召进英格兰队的那一刻,他的愿望实现了。adjectivessomebody’s greatest/deepest wish (also somebody’s dearest wish British English) (=what they want most of all) 某人最大的愿望Her greatest wish was to see her parents again. 她最大的愿望是能够再见到父母。somebody’s last/final/dying wish 某人的临终遗愿nHer last wish was to be buried in her husband’s grave.na fervent wish (=a strong wish)To die for Ireland was the fervent wish of every true patriot.nadverbscontrary to somebody's wishes (=against what someone has said they want)Contrary to her parents' wishes, she decided not to go to university.in accordance with somebody's wishes formal (=following what someone wants)In accordance with his wishes, he was buried next to his first wife.Examples from the Corpuswish• She always wanted to see her grandchildren again - it was her dearest wish• On his birthday, Max gets his wish that his dad will stop lying for one day.• Still I approve of his wish that the next time round he will become a woman so that he can bear children.• Here, in the regressive, infantile wish for the perfect parent of early childhood lies the germ of the police state.• His last wish was that his body should be buried in his home town.• This month, my wish has been granted.• Several correspondents have written to me at different times expressing the wish that we join forces in order to become more effective.• Consequently, the parents often seize on anything as a portent which confirms their wishes.• She claimed to have been directed, used at all times as an instrument of their wishes, not her own.wish to do something• Nine were more powerfully motivated by a wish to escape from their present job, and expressed relief over leaving it.• At the sculpture class she expressed a wish to carve in hard stone.• She sends good wishes to all her friends and colleagues.• Hard-nosed policemen in unmarked cars belonged to a world of violence and intimidation he had no wish to enter.• A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age.• I 9 to be counter-productive in terms of what the Government and the Opposition wish to achieve.• Obviously this creates difficulties when staff wish to arrange extra-curricular activities.• Communication and the wish to communicate are not closely related.make a wish• If I could make a wish, it would be to put Juliette Harris on the board.• He should have made a wish.• I make a wish for time: time, time, time; for timelessness. 2.• As they do it they make a wish, presumably for children.• When she appears, you get to make a wish.• As the singing draws to a close, the cousins urge her to make a wish.• Nowadays we're more likely to make a wish.• Did you make a wish, cara?Origin wish1 Old English wyscanwish1 verb →5 GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2 →REGISTER1wish2 noun →COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChinese or Corpus you wish do you something if to |
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