0 used with the past simple to express that you feel sorry or sad about a state or situation that exists at the moment:
1 to want to do something:
As you wish, Sir. It will be done.
[ + to infinitive ] I wish to make a complaint.
Passengers wishing to take the Kings Cross train should board now.
I don't wish to worry you but he did say he'd be back by midnight.
[ + obj + adj ] Sometimes I was so depressed that I wished myself dead.
I wish she'd shut up for a minute and let someone else talk.
2 to hope or express hope for another person's success or happiness or pleasure on a particular occasion:
3 to hope that something you want will be made real because of good luck or magical powers:
[ + that ] I remember blowing out the candles on my birthday cake and wishing that John Lee would be my boyfriend.
If I could wish myself anywhere in the world (= go anywhere as a result of making a wish) right now it would be somewhere hot and sunny.
He's funny, bright, handsome - everything a girl could wish for really.
"Your job must be very glamorous." "I wish!" (= not at all.)
"By the time I'm 40, I'll be rich." "You wish!" (= There is no chance of that happening.)
4 to welcome someone with particular words or a particular action:
He wishes me every morning.
5 a feeling of wanting something:
[ + to infinitive ] Did he express any wish to see me?
In accordance with his wishes (= what he wanted), he was buried next to his wife.
They've deliberately gone against my wishes and sold the house.
[ + that ] It was grandpa's greatest wish that one of his grandchildren would become a doctor.
6 something you say or write at the end of a letter, etc. to show that you hope someone is happy and has good luck:
8 to desire some situation that is different from the one that exists:
9 to hope that you will get something or that something will happen:
10 to want something, or want to do something:
[ + to infinitive ] If you wish to volunteer to work in the museum, please indicate what department you are interested in.
11 to express kind feelings for someone on a particular occasion:
I wish I hadn't overindulged so much last night.
He wished he was more muscular.
I wish I'd never volunteered to do the washing up.
I wish you'd do something about your bedroom - it's a real mess.
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後悔, (與過去時連用,對已經存在的情況表示遺憾)但願,希望, (與過去完成時連用,對過去某事表示悔恨)但願,希望…
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后悔, (与过去时连用,对已经存在的情况表示遗憾)但愿,希望, (与过去完成时连用,对过去某事表示悔恨)但愿,希望…
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deseo, desear, ojalá…
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desejo, vontade…
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