I wanted to speak to the manager but I got his secretary instead.

我想与经理谈话，可接电话的却是他的秘书。

《牛津词典》

Mr Smith wanted to speak to the real manager.

史密斯先生要找真正的经理谈话。

youdao

Maybe you've always wanted to speak Spanish or enter a 5K race.

也许你一直都想说西班牙语或获得五千米赛跑的冠军。

youdao

It's kind of like , where you had side A,side B and you just flipped it over when you wanted to change your mood so to speak.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

And so it seemed a natural move for early Christian writers to use this existing pastoral form when they wanted to speak on subject of priests or ministers or affairs of the church.

于是用现存的田园诗来谈论,关于牧师或教堂事务的话题,成了早期基督派作家非常自然的转变。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Yeats, I said, wanted to speak for and to the Irish people, as well as to explain Ireland and Irishness to an English-speaking world abroad.

我认为，叶芝，想为爱尔兰人写诗，并把爱尔兰及其民族特色,介绍给整个英语世界。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Obviously more campaigns are gearing up and the President wanted to speak directly to his supporters.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Was there something that touched a nerve with the President where he wanted to speak out?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

It was unfortunate enough for Mr Hague that she wanted to speak in defence of Augusto Pinochet.

ECONOMIST: A stirring in the attic