wishes
愿望,希望,祝愿,意愿
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Definitions
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- : to want; desire; long for: I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- : to desire to be: to wish the problem settled.
- : to entertain wishes, favorably or otherwise, for: to wish someone well; to wish someone ill.
- : to bid, as in greeting or leave-taking: to wish someone a good morning.
- : to request or charge: I wish him to come.
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- : to desire; long; yearn: Mother says I may go if I wish. I wished for a book.
- : to make a wish: She wished more than she worked.
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Phrases
- wish on
- if wishes were horses
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Nancy, on the other hand, was incapable of communicating her wishes.
A two-time Obama voter, Frank lives in a section of Haddam where blacks once resided and wishes he had one black friend.
Diane and Alicia keep make decisions either without him or that directly go against his wishes.
His violent, angry raps are the words he wishes he could say to people he wishes would listen.
She wishes to have her parents meet her at the hospital at the same time, hoping that will reunite them.
One frequently wishes to ascertain the specific gravity of quantities of fluid too small to float an urinometer.
He is simply hearing every tone, knowing exactly what effect he wishes to produce and how to do it.
He is what the bill wishes to make for us, a regular root doctor, and will suit the place exactly.
The Duke found no difficulty in awakening the wishes, which were necessary to his scheme, in the mind of young Lorraine.
That his friend had withdrawn, was a pledge of his pacific wishes; and, with a lightened countenance, Louis rose from his knee.