英语词汇“lack”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lack

(lăk)

1. Deficiency or absence: Lack of funding brought the project to a halt.

2. A particular deficiency or absence: Owing to a lack of supporters, the reforms did not succeed.

v. lacked, lack·ing, lacks

v.tr.

To be without or in need of: lacked the strength to lift the box.

v.intr.

1. To be missing or deficient: We suspected that he was lying, but proof was lacking.

2. To be in need of something: She does not lack for friends.

[Middle English, perhaps from Middle Dutch lac, deficiency, fault.]

Usage Note: When lack is used in the sense "to be wanting or deficient," it is typically followed by in: You will not be lacking in support from me. When lack is used in the sense of "to be in need of something," it is often followed by for: "In the terrible, beautiful age of my prime, / I lacked for sweet linen but never for time" (E.B. White).

单词	lack
释义	lack (lăk) n. 1. Deficiency or absence: Lack of funding brought the project to a halt. 2. A particular deficiency or absence: Owing to a lack of supporters, the reforms did not succeed. v. lacked, lack·ing, lacks v.tr. To be without or in need of: lacked the strength to lift the box. v.intr. 1. To be missing or deficient: We suspected that he was lying, but proof was lacking. 2. To be in need of something: She does not lack for friends. [Middle English, perhaps from Middle Dutch lac, deficiency, fault.] *Usage Note:* When lack is used in the sense "to be wanting or deficient," it is typically followed by in: You will not be lacking in support from me. When lack is used in the sense of "to be in need of something," it is often followed by for: "In the terrible, beautiful age of my prime, / I lacked for sweet linen but never for time" (E.B. White).
随便看	self-correcting self-corrective self-critical self-critically self-criticism self-deceit self-deceived self-deceiving self-deception self-deceptive self-deceptively self-defeating self-defense self-defensive self-definition self-denial self-denying self-deprecating self-deprecatingly self-deprecatory self-depreciation self-destruct self-destruction self-destructive self-destructively