wish for

and yet are not the things that we covet or wish to banish, We recognize in ourselves the capacity for disinterestedness.

而且我们既不会垂涎于它也不会产生厌恶之感，我们承认我们有能力做到绝对公正。文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

With nearly 4m people, it could handle independence, but has no wish for it.

ECONOMIST: Empire in the Americas

We wish you all happiness and good fortune in the New Year, and hope will join us again next time for THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.

VOA : special.2009.12.28

We want to respect that person's wish to go on living, we want to make life easier for them if we can with some kinds of assistance.

我们应该尊重人们,生活下去的意愿，我们希望他们,能够通过一些辅助设施，生活地更加轻松。人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课

To wish for still better market conditions in 2007 might smack of overdoing it.

ECONOMIST: Art.view: Wishing well | The

To be sure, some of them are so bad readers might wish for more judicious culling.

WSJ: The Death of the Novel | Dear Book Lover

This may not be the full peace that all of Israel's friends wish for her.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

This is her first novel, and it's good enough that we should wish for many more.

FORBES: Magazine Article

This does not mean it is a class you wish to be taught, nor does it mean that it is the right class for you.

可能这门课并不是你希望的那样，也可能并不适合你。幸福课课程节选 : 哈佛公开课

The local wish for self-determination could make the Andar movement a longer-term challenge for the central government's authority.

WSJ: Taliban Targeted by Local Uprisings

The company has something else its competitors can at this juncture only wish for: profits.

CNN: Grandaddy of Them All

The Cacike's wish now is for all Puerto Ricans to regain pride in their native heritage.

VOA : standard.2010.04.05

Such elaborate room for maneuver is something Japanese decision-makers can only wish for.

FORBES: Of Numbers and Choices

Some of us, and probably some of you, might wish for a shorter election cycle, perhaps.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Solid enough to make me wish for a single-player component other than simply bot-battling.

FORBES: 'Chivalry: Medieval Warfare' Review (PC)

So an introduction is not only valuable for those of us who simply wish to acquire knowledge.

所以入门课不仅对那些,想获取知识的人很有价值。文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

She also got her wish for resolution authority over important non-bank companies on the brink of failure.

FORBES: Sheila Bair: Now the Real Work on Financial Reg Reform Begins

Priced from 15 Swiss francs, he promises to deliver the strangest night you could possibly wish for.

BBC: The stranger side of Switzerland

Partly because Syria, until now, has had no wish for normal relations with Israel.

ECONOMIST: A Syrian-Israeli peace?

On this day, more than any other, my wish for this world is freedom from cruelty, evil and terrorism.

FORBES: Compassion and Resilience for a Troubled World: 9-11-11 A Personal Story

Now Japan's central bankers are learning to be careful what they wish for.

ECONOMIST: Bank of Japan

Mr Ivanishvili insists he has no wish for a revolution, but he is prone to changes of mind.

ECONOMIST: A plutocrat emerges to take on Mikheil Saakashvili

Instead, in this tidy version of literary endeavor, the characters all get some part of what they wish for.

NEWYORKER: A Talent to Abuse

Indulging these two small people, ages three and five, was as much as they could ever wish for.

NEWYORKER: Soldiers Joy

In his wish for Scotland and England to be indistinguishable, Mr Massie is wishing pigs might fly.

ECONOMIST: Scottish history

In Brazil,many people flock to Copacabana beach to ask the Afro-Brazilian goddess of the sea, Iemanja,a wish in exchange for a gift.

VOA : standard.2010.01.01

If Republicans are hoping budget battles will further weaken Obama, be careful what you wish for.

FORBES: Obama's Low Poll Numbers No Solace for Detractors

I'm putting Freud here but what I mean is well-known defenders of Freud will make some claims like: adult personality traits are shaped by the course of psychosexual development; all dreams are disguised wish fulfillment; psychoanalysis is the best treatment for mental disorders.

我虽然在这里说的是弗洛伊德,其实指的是那些著名的弗洛伊德的拥护者,他们会总结出这样的观点：,成年人的人格特质,是在性心理的发展过程中形成的;,所有的梦境都是愿望满足的伪装;,精神分析是治疗心理障碍的最佳手段。心理学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

I wish we had time for your questions but I know Tal has a lot of great stuff for you today.

很希望有时间回答你们的问题,但Tal准备了很多精彩内容。幸福课课程节选 : 哈佛公开课

I wish that I could live in their life for one day, but you know, they're just things.

我希望我可以过一天他们的生活，但是你知道，就是东西而已。SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 名牌效应

I love that game. I wish that there was room for me to play too.

我喜欢这个游戏。我真希望有地方可以让我也加入这个游戏。SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : You look 实战

However,he says they will make it possible for patients to simply think of the action they wish to perform and do it with prosthetics.

VOA : special.2009.03.10

He often talked about his wish for a "rational and global" approach to film censorship in India.

BBC: Filmmaker Vijay Anand

He has hinted that the Democrats should be careful of what they wish for.

NPR: Questions Linger About DeLay's Place on the Ballot

For some of you it may be difficult I know that and I want you to rest assured that no one in this course wishes to undermine or malign religious faith any more than they wish to promote or proselytize for religious faith.

我知道对你们中的另一些人来说这门课会有困难,不过我想要你们放心,这门课上没有人想要破灭和诋毁宗教信仰,同样也没人想要劝诱他人信教。旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

For others,their wish is simply to arrive on time for the holiday.

VOA : standard.2009.12.25

For now, however, English football fans should perhaps be careful what they wish for.

CNN: Foreign owners in UK football: The good the bad and the ugly

Fair-goers can take part in ritual cleanings and make a wish for the New Year.

VOA : standard.2010.01.01

But real useful things that let me have a deep appreciation for the side I wish I had done more.

但是真正有用的是让我有了正确的见解,这是我希望能够学到更多的。微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选 : 斯坦福公开课

But rather unlike Socrates, rather in staying to drink the hemlock, Aristotle left Athens and was reported to have said he did not wish to see the Athenians sin against philosophy for a second time.

但不像苏格拉底，没有留下来喝毒芹，亚里士多德离开了雅典,据称还曾说过,不愿再次看到雅典人,反对哲学的罪孽。政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

As much as we wish for simplicity, most grownups understand that the world is a complicated place.

FORBES: From Big Bird To Battleship: President Obama Puts Aside Childish Things

As a data set, these companies represent as solid a set of market averages as you could wish for.

FORBES: Google's Gargantuan Valuation

As August 1969 fades farther into the past, the Woodstock Festival continues to enjoy a near-mythic status, both for those who were there and for the millions who wish they'd been there.

VOA : standard.2009.08.15

Another situation where you can use "I wish" is when you express regret, a desire to stay longer, for example.

另一种使用“I wish”的情况是当你表达遗憾的时候，例如，希望多待一段时间。SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : I wish 课堂

Amina Ben Khadra, Minister of Energy, Mines and Environment expressed her wish for closer cooperation with UNESCO.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Alice says she not only admires her daughter's artistic spirit, she's long harbored a decidedly unfeminist wish for Nina.

NPR: Feminist Mother, Daughter Reconcile their Past

"When those submarines surrendered, this then was the acme of all that we could wish for, " said John Scott.

BBC: Atlantic conflict marked by veterans

"We have difficult times. We cannot afford everything we wish for if we want to create the future."

VOA : standard.2010.06.16

"It was tradition for the bride to fold 1,000 cranes to wish for a long and prosperous marriage, and also to demonstrate, I guess her patience" Linda's grandparents compiled the first origami handbook ever published in the United States.

VOA : standard.2010.03.17

"It seems to me you wish for a lot of things, " said Berenice.

NPR: Excerpt: 'The Member of the Wedding'

"For those who wish to become citizens, we should require them to pay a penalty and pay taxes, learn English, go to the back of the line behind those who played by the rules.

VOA : standard.2009.06.19

"All expressed their wish for the Grand Prix to go ahead in 2012, " it said.

CNN: Funeral in Bahrain erupts in violence