Racist jokes come from wanting to put down other kinds of people we feel threatened by.

I've been wanting to have a little talk with you.

我一直想找机会跟你谈几句。

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He is wanting in moral constraints.

他缺少道德约束。

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The telephone exchange has been jammed all day with people wanting to buy season tickets.

很多人想买季票，电话总机一天到晚忙个不停。

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Generous redundancy terms had triggered a stampede of staff wanting to leave.

优厚的裁员条件引发了职员争先恐后地要求辞职的现象。

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One opposition member of parliament accuses the government of wanting to be above the law.

议会一名反对党议员指责政府意图凌驾于法律之上。

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He said he didn't like the president, but not to the extent of wanting to kill him.

他说他不喜欢总统，但是还没有到想要刺杀他的地步。

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He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government.

他指责反对派企图颠覆政府。

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Everyone thinks there is some vast conspiracy wanting to hold down the younger generation.

大家都认为有一个想压制年轻一代的大阴谋。

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He smiled, not wanting to put the man on the defensive.

他笑了笑，不想让那个人产生抵触情绪。

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She's always on the phone, wanting to know what I've been up to.

她老来电话，想知道我在做什么。

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What's wrong with his wanting to sell his land and move on?

他想卖掉土地离开这里，这有什么错呢？

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He had many motives for wanting to knock off Yvonne.

他有很多杀伊冯娜的动机。

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What he wants is a switch to a market economy in a way which does not reduce people's standard of living. To many this sounds like wanting to have his cake and eat it.

他想要转型为市场经济，同时又不降低人们的生活水平。在许多人看来，这是想要鱼与熊掌兼得。

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The students were certainly not wanting in enthusiasm.

学生们当然不乏热情。

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His love was a mere sham; what he really wanted was her money.

他的爱情完全是虚假的, 他真正要的是她的钱.

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When I wanted his help he failed me.

当我需要他帮助时,他却使我失望.

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They wanted to industrialise their nation.

他们想使国家工业化.

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Some of the member states wanted a tighter union rather than the loose confederation that developed.

一些成员国想要一个紧密的联盟而不是松散发展的联合.

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I wanted to get a new swimsuit, but the store didn't have any in yet.

我想买件新游泳衣, 可商店还没进货.

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She wanted the money badly, but she daren't ask for it.

她急需用钱, 但却不敢要.

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