want表示客观上的“需要,有必要”可接不定式或动名词;接动名词时,要用主动形式表示被动意义;后接不定式,要用被动形式表示被动意义。


正:The plants want watering every day.

正:The plants want to be watered every day.

误:The plants want being watered every day.

误:The plants want to water every day.