want to be

"I want to be just like you", she bursts out.

“我想就像你一样。”她大声喊道。

Do we really want to be stampeded in such a way?

我们真的愿意被这样逼迫吗？

I want to work, I don't want to be on welfare.

我想去工作，不想吃救济。

So you want to be a writer? Well my advice is, don't give up the day job.

这么说你想成为一个作家了？得了，我劝你不要放弃老本行。

The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.

你是什么样的人和你想成为什么样的之间的差距就是，你做了什么。

I wouldn't want to be in his shoes.

我可不想处在他那样的处境。

I don't want to be rude, it's simply that we have to be careful who we give this information to.

我不是有意无礼，只不过这份资料给谁我们必须很慎重。

So you want to be a top model.

这么说，你想成为超级名模喽。

She really didn't want to be involved in the whole family thing.

她实在不想卷入这件家事中。

I don't want to be tied to coming home at a particular time.

我不想受按钟点回家的束缚。

Did you always want to be an actor?

你以前一直想当演员吗？

Leave her be, she obviously doesn't want to talk about it.

别烦她了，她显然不想谈论这事。

To be perfectly honest, I didn't want to go anyway.

说真心话，无论如何我是真的不想去。

She didn't want to be typecast as a dumb blonde.

她不想总是演傻乎乎的金发女郎一类的角色。

She does not want to be taken to an optician with the probable result of having to wear glasses

她不想被带去验光，因为结果可能是她必须配戴眼镜。

He left the phone off the hook as he didn't want to be disturbed.

他不想被电话打扰，就把电话听筒摘下来了。

Employers want to be sure recruits understand business Europe-wide.

雇主们想确定这些新员工了解整个欧洲的业务。

They want me to conform, to be lily-white.

他们要我循规蹈矩，要我清白无瑕。

I didn't want to be low man on the totem pole for ever.

我不想永远当小人物。

Many successful women do not want to be pensioned off at 60.

很多成功女性不想60岁就领养老金退休。

I don't want to be treated like a cosseted movie queen.

我不愿意被人当作是个娇纵惯了的电影皇后。

It's not that I didn't want to be with my family.

并不是我不想和家人在一起。

I don't want to be pigeonholed as a kids' presenter.

我不想被归类为儿童节目主持人。

I don't want to be stuck in an office all my life ─ I want to live!

我不想一辈子都憋在办公室里——我要享受人生乐趣！

I couldn't imagine why he would want to be alone with me.

我想象不出为什么他会想和我独处。

If you want to be certain of getting a ticket, book now.

要想有把握买到票，现在就得预订。

I want to be honest, honest above everything else.

我想要做到诚实，一切以诚实为上。

a reluctant hero (= a person who does not want to be called a hero)

不情愿做英雄的英雄

The plants want to be watered daily.

这些花草需要天天浇水。

What do you want to be when you're grown-up?

你长大后想做什么？