Tis not much, your Majesty, yet perchance it may beguile a short half-hour for want of a better.
不多，陛下，不过，也许因为找不到更好的话题，就花短短的半个钟头讲讲。
For want of a nail, the shoe was lost.
为了想要一枚钉子，鞋子被丢掉。
For want of a shoe, the horse was lost.
为了想要一直鞋子，骏马被丢掉。
For want of a rider, the battle was lost.
为了想要一位骑手，站已被丢掉。
For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost.
为了想要一场战役，王国被丢掉。
We are calling these beings "demons" for want of a better name.
我们暂且把这些生物叫做“恶魔”，因为一时找不到一个适当的名字。
But for want of a functioning regional forum, the issue is pursued bilaterally.
但是要建立一个能工作的区域论坛，这一问题是双边所追求的。
They waited in the lobby is usually an excuse for want of a player's signature.
她们守候在大厅的借口通常是希望得到某个球员的签名。
I confess that as a young girl I loved a man who would not marry me for want of a dowry.
我坦白，作为一个年轻女孩我爱上了一个不想因我的嫁妆而娶我的男人。
If Adams seems unconcerned with appearing old-fashioned, Stephen Shore is, for want of a better word, a modernist.
如果亚当斯看上去是对过时的东西漠不关心的话，那么史蒂芬·肖尔，用一个比较好的词语来形容的话，他就是一个现代主义者。
Better data more openly analysed: exactly what climate sceptics (for want of a better word [2]) say that they want and thus should welcome.
更好的数据更公开地分析，这也是环境怀疑论者(姑且这么称呼[2])说他们希望也因此所欢迎的。
I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.
我读过许多聪明人的文章，那些神秘的哲理塞满我的大脑，可是，找不到一朵红玫瑰却让自己的生活这样凄凉。
Richard Nixon was too authentic by half: he lost his 1960 face-off with John Kennedy for want of a bit of powder which could have concealed his stubbly[9] chin.
相反理查德•尼克松则略嫌过于真实：1960年他输掉了与约翰•肯尼迪之间的公开辩论，原因就是粉抹得少了点，没能盖住他那胡子拉碴的下巴。
Until men passed the first stage of being, perhaps that which we call the soul, for want of a better name, or a worse, could hardly have existed, and perhaps in dreams the soul is mostly absent now.
直到人们经历过被称之为灵魂的第一阶段，否则想要一个更好或更糟糕的名字几乎是不可能的。也许，在梦中，灵魂大多都是缺失的。
If you're unemployed and want some advice on the practical aspects of looking for a job, Saved is the person to talk to.
如果你失业了，想要一些关于找工作的实用方面的建议，Saved就是你要找的人。
They haven't won a game yet, but it isn't for want of trying.
他们还没赢过一场比赛，但并不是由于拼劲不足。
We call our music 'postmodern' for the want of a better word.
由于没有更合适的词来表达，我们把我们的音乐称作“后现代风格”。
It's all very well for you to say it doesn't matter, but I've put a lot of work into this and I want it to be a success.
你说这无所谓当然容易，可是我却已经花费很大力气而且想要取得成功。
Many parents work all day long to provide their children with a good living condition, but their kids might want for nothing else but the company of their parents.
许多父母整日工作，想要为孩子创造好的生活条件，而他们的孩子却可能什么都不缺，唯独缺少父母的陪伴。
Mrs. Darling left the room to get a chocolate for him, and Mr. Darling thought this showed want of firmness.
达琳太太离开房间去给他拿一块巧克力，达琳先生认为这是不够坚定的表现。
The confusion of costs with rates persists partly because labor rates are a convenient target for managers who want to make an impact on their company's budgets.
成本与价格的混淆一直存在，部分原因是人工费率是那些想对公司预算产生影响的管理者的方便目标。
I want some one to take care of the pigs, for we have a great many of them.
我想找个人来照顾这些猪，我们养了很多猪。
That's a good question, and I don't want to pretend that MBWA is some sort of replacement for other methods of customer research.
这是一个很好的问题，我不想假装MBWA是某种替代其他客户研究方法的东西。
It's Tiffanie Standard, a counselor for young women of color in Philadelphia who want to be tech entrepreneurs—but who must work multiple jobs to stay afloat.
蒂法尼·斯坦达德在费城是一名顾问，她向有志成为科技企业家的有色人种女士提供服务，但是她需要身兼数职才能维持生计。
Much as scholars want to look for overall patterns and formulate useful generalizations, the transmission of each text is a different story and each manuscripts history is unique.
正如学者们想要寻找整体模式并制定有用的概括一样，每个文本的传播是一个不同的故事，每个手稿的历史都是独一无二的。
Much as scholars want to look for overall patterns and formulate useful generalizations, the transmission of each text is a different story and each manuscripts history is unique.
正如学者们想要寻找整体模式并制定有用的概括一样，每个文本的传播是一个不同的故事，每个手稿的历史都是独一无二的。
应用推荐