This flower is dying for want of water.

这朵花因为缺水快枯死了。

But the piano suffers for want of use.

但是那架钢琴却苦于无人去用它。

For want of a nail the wheel comes off.

想要一个钉车轮脱落。

Many waited on the dock for want of shelter.

因为没有避身之处，许多人在码头上等候。

Proof, though, is lacking—and not for want of looking.

虽然缺少证据——但不是因为缺少调查。

We've just been waiting for all of you to want them.

我们只是等待人们开始想要这样的建筑。

Well-informed Japanese officials say that is not for want of China's asking.

消息灵通的日本官员表示这并不是因为中国没有要求（召开会议）。

But the poor bird lay dead in the cage. It had died for want of food.

但是可怜的小鸟躺在笼子里已经死了。它死在对于食物的渴望之中。

He does nothing thoroughly well, -not at all for want of talent, but solely for lack of good will.

他从不尽力把工作做到最好，这完全不是因为缺乏才智，只是因为缺乏善意。

It was not for want of sympathy, I am certain.

这不是因为缺乏同情，我敢肯定。

You know that I am dying for want of sustenance.

你知道我因为缺乏食物而快要死了。

Our ancestors were idle for want of a sufficient encouragement to industry.

我们的祖先因缺乏对勤奋的充分鼓励而无所事事。

The gallery closed down for want of funding.

【want】那家画廊由于缺少资金关闭了。

And filling up the spare hours of her existence by idealizing Wildeve for want of a better object.

由于找不到更好的人，就把韦狄百般理想化，借以打发闲暇时光。

' he said; 'or if you don't, it shall be for want of breath.

' 他说; '或者如果你不这样做，那将是因为呼吸困难。

Not for want of trying, but it is the most worthy prize of all.

不是因为不想尝试，而是最值得的奖赏。

He could not see a man sink close to him for want of help.

他不能看到一个人因为需要帮助而靠近他。

For want of an album, yes.

想要一张专辑，是的。

They should behave, for want of a better word, decently.

【want】他们应该表现得，怎么说呢，文明些。

For this reason—that my memory failed me—the argument flagged for want of material.

出于这个原因——我的记忆力让我失望了——这个论点被标记为缺乏材料。