wish

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
    — It is my wish that the bequest (should) be given to an almshouse.
  2. An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
    — make a wish
  3. The thing desired or longed for.
    — My dearest wish is to see them happily married.
  4. A water meadow.
动词 v.
  1. To desire; to want. transitive
    — I'll come tomorrow, if you wish (it).
  2. To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive). archaic,transitive
    — I wish he mean me well, that he takes so much pains!
  3. To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur. intransitive
    — This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for.
  4. To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something). ditransitive
    — We wish you a merry Christmas.
  5. To request or desire to do an activity. intransitive
    — Anyone who wishes to may leave now.
  6. To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of. transitive
    — I was wished to your worship by a gentleman.

词形变化

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词汇关系

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precatory velleity

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English wȳsċan (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).
Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Dutch wensen (“to wish”), German wünschen (“to wish”), Luxembourgish wënschen (“to wish”), Yiddish ווינטשן (vintshn, “to wish”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ønske (“to wish”), Faroese ynskja (“to wish, to desire”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Norwegian Nynorsk ønskja, ønskje, ønska, ønske, ynskja, ynskje (“to wish, to desire”), Swedish önska (“to wish”). Via PIE cognate with Latin Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”), English wonder.
词源 2
From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English wȳsċan (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).
Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Dutch wensen (“to wish”), German wünschen (“to wish”), Luxembourgish wënschen (“to wish”), Yiddish ווינטשן (vintshn, “to wish”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ønske (“to wish”), Faroese ynskja (“to wish, to desire”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Norwegian Nynorsk ønskja, ønskje, ønska, ønske, ynskja, ynskje (“to wish, to desire”), Swedish önska (“to wish”). Via PIE cognate with Latin Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”), English wonder.
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