英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 想望

   I wish I were [【口】 was] a bird!

   我要是一隻鳥那多好!(表示很難實現的願望)

   I wish I had bought it.

   我要是買了多好啊.

   I wish you would do so.

   我很希望你這樣做.

   It is to be wished that

   希望…

   I wish it may not prove true.

   但願這事不是真的才好.

2. 2. 希望;想,要 【使用說明】後接 that-clause, 不過通常省略 that

3. 3. 【使用說明】後接不定句

4. 4. 【使用說明】後接賓語和表語

5. 5. 祝,祝願;向…問候 【使用說明】句法: 後接雙賓語

6. 6. 希望

   He wishes me well.

   他希望我好

   He wishes nobody ill.

   他不希望任何人有什麼不好.

   He wishes well to all men.

   他希望大家都好.

7. 7. 把…強加給

   They wished a hard job upon me.

   他們把一項吃力的工作強加給了我.



8. vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
   1. 希望,想要

   wish for a glass of cold water

   想要一杯涼水

   The weather is all one could wish for.

   天氣再好沒有了.

9. 2. 祈禱;對著…祈禱

   wish on a star

   對著星星祈禱.



10. n. (名詞 noun)
    1. 願望,希望,請求,要求

    The wish is father to the thought.

    carry out [attend to] sb's wishes

    實現某人的願望

    to one's wish

    照自己的願望

    If wishes were horses, beggars would [might] ride.

    【諺】 如果願望是馬匹,乞丐也會有馬騎(願望若是事實,乞丐早成富翁).

11. 2. 祝願,祝頌

    Please send her my best [kindest] wishes.

    請代我向她致以最好的祝福

    good wishes

    良好的祝願,好意

    with every good wish

    抱著由衷的祝願

12. 3. 希望得到的東西,希望的事

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vb

1. [when tr, takes a clause as object or an infinitive; when intr, often foll by for] to want or desire (something, often that which cannot be or is not the case)

I wish I lived in Italy

to wish for peace

vt. (transitive verb)

1. [tr] to feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of

I wish you well

2. [tr] to desire or prefer to be as specified

3. [tr] to greet as specified; bid

he wished us good afternoon

4. [tr] [formal] to order politely

I wish you to come at three o'clock

n. (noun)

1. the act of wishing; the expression of some desire or mental inclination

to make a wish

2. something desired or wished for

he got his wish

3. [usually plural] expressed hopes or desire, esp for someone's welfare, health, etc

4. [often plural] [formal] a polite order or request

5. See also wish on

6. [Etymology] Old English wyscan; related to Old Norse öskja, German wünschen, Dutch wenschen