want: vt.1.(想)要，想望；想得到。2.需要，必要；必须。3.征求；征聘；通缉。4.缺少，没有；不够，差欠。 I want you to come. (＝ 〔俚语〕 I want for you to come. 或 I want (that) you should come ). 我希望你来。 What do you want with me 你找我有什么事？ You're
wanting: adj.1.短缺的，缺失的；不足的；不够的 (in)。2.〔方言〕智力不足的，低能的。短语和例子He is wanting in honesty. 他不老实。 be a bit wanting 有点笨。缺，短少。 a year wanting three days 一年差三天。 W- courage, victory is impossible. 没有勇气就无法取得胜利。
if: 短语和例子If they had only arrived earlier! 要是他们当初早点来就好了。 as if 活像 ( as if he had seen it 活像他见过似的)。 if a day [an inch etc.] 无论如何应该是…；至少有… ( He is seventy if (he is) a day (old). 他该有七十岁了。 The en
