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基本释义

n.
缺乏
v.
缺少

词性变化

实用例句

a lack of food/money/skills

缺乏食物 / 金钱 / 技能

牛津词典

The trip was cancelled through lack of (= because there was not enough) interest.

因为缺乏兴趣这次旅行被取消了。

牛津词典

There was no lack of volunteers.

志愿者不乏其人。

牛津词典

Some houses still lack basic amenities such as bathrooms.

有些住宅仍没有像卫生间这样的基本设施。

牛津词典

He lacks confidence.

他缺乏信心。

牛津词典

She has the determination that her brother lacks.

她有决心,而她兄弟却没有。

牛津词典

Despite his lack of experience, he got the job...

他虽然经验不足,但还是获得了这份工作。

The charges were dropped for lack of evidence...

指控因证据不足而被撤销。

It lacked the power of the Italian cars...

它没有意大利轿车动力强劲。

He lacked the judgment and political acumen for the post of chairman...

他欠缺做主席应具备的判断力和政治敏锐度。

He said there was no lack of things for them to talk about...

他说他们之间不缺谈资。

President Clinton displayed no lack of vigor when he began to speak.

克林顿总统开腔时颇有气势。

A simple experiment will show us this motion we call heat.

一个简单的实验就能使人们明白我们称之为热的这种运动.

期刊摘选

The plan was criticized for its lack of rationale.

该计划因缺乏根据而遭到批评.

《简明英汉词典》

His remarks lack point.

他的言词缺乏要点.

《简明英汉词典》

His lack of English handicaps him.

他的英语不好对他是一件不利的事.

《简明英汉词典》

I lack words with which to express my thanks.

我无法以言语来表达我的感激之情.

《简明英汉词典》

Some people refer all the troubles to bad luck instead of lack of ability.

有些人把自己所有的苦恼都归咎于运气不佳,而不认为是缺乏能力.

《简明英汉词典》

Their failure to reply to our letter seems to imply a lack of interest.

他们没有回我们的信似乎暗示他们缺乏兴趣.

《简明英汉词典》

They wasted away for lack of food.

由于食物的缺乏,他们越来越虚弱了.

《简明英汉词典》

What do you lack?

你要买点 什么 ?

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Lack of refrigeration turned the milk.

牛奶没有冷藏,变酸了.

《简明英汉词典》

Through his lack of attention to the game he had put his white stone into a " tiger's mouth " formed by three black stones.

由于他漫不经心地下棋,他的白子掷到黑子的 虎口 里去了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Lack of money led to the abandonment of this plan.

由于缺乏经费,最后只好放弃这项计划.

《简明英汉词典》

Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.

营养不良降低了他们抵抗疾病的能力.

《简明英汉词典》

You show promise as a musician but your lack of practice is keeping you back.

你有希望成为音乐家,但是缺乏实践会影响你的发展.

《简明英汉词典》

He felt people were contemptuous of his lack of sophistication.

他觉得人们看不起他不懂人情世故.

《简明英汉词典》

The shop has shut down because of lack of trade.

那商店因生意萧条而停业.

《简明英汉词典》

真题例句

The lack of confidence on the part of investors.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

When I told a group of school children who displayed helpless behavior that a lack of effort led to their mistakes in math, they learned to keep trying when the problems got tough.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

They lack talent to fix their deepening problems.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Mistakes crack their self-confidence because they attribute errors to a lack of ability, which they feel powerless to change.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

In particular, attributing poor performance to a lack of ability depresses motivation more than does the belief that lack of effort is to blame.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Attributing a bad grade to their own lack of ability, those with a fixed mindset said that they would study less in the future, try never to take that subject again and consider cheating on future tests.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

The thing that sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance, nor their lack of skills.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Nor is it for lack of available information.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

My mission is to encourage green hands and those lacking time or money to feed themselves.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Lack of the right kind of talents.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Lack of incentive for investment.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Lack of government support.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Lack of famous universities.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Fatigue resulting from lack of sleep.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

The teacher evaluated lacks teaching experience.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

They lack consistent support from peers.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Rather, we would not have been likely to spend enough time getting to know each other due to the lack of immediately visible mutual interests.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

"I have been bothered for a long time about the curious lack of curiosity,"said a Democratic member of the New Jersey legislature back in July, referring to an insufficiently inquiring attitude on the part of an assistant to New Jersey Governor Chris Chri

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

According to one professor, obesity is related to a lack of basic awareness of nutrition and health.

2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Attributing a bad grade to their own lack of ability, those with a fixed mind-set said that they would study less in the future, try never to take that subject again and consider cheating on future tests.

2016年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

However, the plan was dropped due to lack of funds.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

Many students drop out of online courses because of the lack of teaching support.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

mistakes crack their self-confidence because they attribute errors to a lack of ability, which they feel powerless to change.

2016年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

She said, "I started Engineering For kids EF after noticing a real lack of math, science and engineering programs to enroll my own kids in.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

That lack of curiosity produces a relative lack of knowledge, and the lack of knowledge is difficult if not impossible to compensate for later on.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

The British airports Authority, recently bought by a Spanish company, says the root cause of the problem is not the ownership structure, but a lack of runway and terminal capacity, which it's addressing through a programme of heavy investment.

2016年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

The implication, in each case, is that curiosity is a good thing, and a lack of curiosity is a problem.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

The lack of a research culture.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

We aren't suffering from a shortage of needed skills; we're suffering from a lack of policy resolve.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Unlike developed cities, however, these areas lack advanced water-treatment facilities, and rivers effectively become sewers .

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

More than 80% of those cases can be attributed to contact with contaminated water and a lack of proper sanitation.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Lack of financial resources.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Many top firms will not even look at applications from those who lack a 2.1

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

And because a failure to accept these increased demands indicates a lack of commitment to one's work, the employee complies.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

American scientists complain about lack of sufficient money and equipment for their expansion in Antarctica.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

According to the survey, that lack of enthusiasm could stem from concerns about privacy and security.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Unfortunately, there tends to be a lack of information and support to help students think bigger and broader.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Our support structure was more like: ‘You are going to get through Yale; you are going to do well,' he said, hinting at mentors , staff, and professors who all provided significant support for students who lacked confidence about belonging at such a top institution.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

It was this lack of information that prompted the launch of I'm First in 2013, originally as an arm of its umbrella organization, the Center For Student Opportunity.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

In 2011 they released a landmark study titled Academically Adrift, which documented the lack of intellectual growth experienced by many people enrolled in college.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Arum and Roksa placed the blame for students' lack of learning on a watered-down college curriculum and lowered undergraduate work standards.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Take another common obstacle: lack of money

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

They lack the skills and expertise needed for their jobs

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Lack of rainfall resulting from global warming.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

But a bigger problem may be that poor high schools often send their students to colleges for which they are "undermatched": they could get into more elite, richer schools, but instead go to community colleges and low-rated state schools that lack the resources to help them.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

This scenario is common in newsrooms that lack a systematic way to filter story suggestions

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

The lack of a precedent in American history.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

Most pop singers suffer from three things: lack of training, overuse and abuse of the voice, especially when they are young.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

People from broken homes often lack stable lives

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Many lack professional training.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

It lacks the vitamins and minerals essential for health.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Don't risk injury or death beacuse of over-confidence or lack of knowledge.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

But many papers lack interest in reporting something positive like peace, love and generosity.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

They lack knowledge of the culture of the city.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

The man lacks confidence in playing the part.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

They lack the expertise to make capital investments.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

Fatigue is a typical symptom of lack of exercise.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Case studies of children who were isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm self-concept, and their mental and psychological development is severely hindered by lack of language.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

People who lack close friends have greater levels of anxiety and depression than people who are close to others

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Most of them lacked interest in the subject.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

And lack of recovery一whether by disrupting sleep with thoughts of work or having continuous cognitive arousal by watching our phones一is costing our companies $62 billion a year in lost productivity.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

But the lack of work opportunities in Bucks County limits how much she can help.

2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Despite being the continent's second-largest producer of tomatoes, Nigeria is dependent on $1 billion worth of tomato-paste imports every year, as around 75% of the local harvest goes to waste thanks to a lack of proper storage facilities.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

From the lack of secure, affordable housing to growing job insecurity and rising personal debt, the individual is trapped.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

In 2011 they released a landmark study titled "Academically Adrift", which documented the lack of intellectual growth experienced by many people enrolled in college.

2015年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

It was this lack of information that prompted the launch of I'm first in 2013, originally as an arm of its umbrella organization, the Center For Student Opportunity.

2015年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Many top firms will not even look at applications from those who lack a 2.1, i.e., an upper-second class degree, from an elite university.

2016年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Research has found that there is a direct correlation between lack of recovery and increased incidence of health and safety problems.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

The aim was to enable older people to remain in their own homes for as long as possible, but this increased concern about the lack of coordination between free health and paid-for social car.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

The issue of climate change also illustrates how the public acceptance and understanding of scienceor the lack of it can influence governmental decision-making with regard to regulation, science policy and research funding.

2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

The very lack of a recovery period is dramatically holding back our collective ability to be resilient and successful.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

They can meet their basic needs, but they lack access to cultural goods, entertainment and recreation.

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

They lack water-storing structures, and their existence on rock faces prevents them from tapping groundwater, so they have instead developed the ability to change their metabolism.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Unlike developed cities, however, these areas lack advanced water-treatment facilities, and rivers effectively become sewers.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

What they sometimes lack is feedback from the people who they hope will use their products.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

But you can't be successful when there's a lack of trust in a relationship that results from an action where the wrongdoer takes no responsibility to fix the mistake.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Dr Dominoni, who is putting cameras inside nesting boxes to track sleeping patterns, said lack of sleep could put the birds' health at risk.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Her lack of proper training in law.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

Her times were not exactly impressive, but even so, he sensed there was something trying to get out, something the other coaches had overlooked when they had assessed her and found her lacking.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Of the nineteen recognized polar bear subpopulations, three are declining, six are stable, one is increasing, and nine lack enough data.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 语法填空 原文

The real museum lacked enough artwork to interest her.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

This will for the lack of young work force.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设

To be punctual one has to have self-discipline, and the lack of it affects others.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

A lack of formal education, however, doesn't constrain the ability of the developing world's workforce to substantially improve productivity for the forested future.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

To sum up: a system of conservation based solely on economic self-interest is hopelessly lopsided It tends to ignore, and thus eventually to eliminate, many elements in the land community that lack commercial value, but that are essential to its healthy functioning.

出自-2010年考研翻译原文

This distinction is so much so that where the latter is lacking, as it is for these unlikely gardens, the foremer becomes all the more urgent.

出自-2013年考研翻译原文

Social scientists who complain about a lack of funding should not expect more in today’s economic climate.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

It is like the immune system of the body, which under stress or through lack of nutrition or exercise can be weakened, but which never leaves us.

出自-2016年考研翻译原文

A lack of formal education, however, doesn't constrain the ability of the developing world's workforce to substantially improve productivity for the foreseeable future.

2009年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell.

2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Because US colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can affect students' educational experiences, many first-generation students lack insight about why they are struggling and do not understand how students like them can improve.

2015年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Britain town, it is true are not prevented from applying, but they generally lack the resources to put together a bit to beat their bigger competitions.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

If you consistently lose your cool with your kids, then you are inadvertently modeling a lack of emotional control for your kids.

2020年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Looking around, I despaired at the singular lack of imagination about girls' lives and interests.

2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Social scientists who complain about a lack of funding should not expect more in today's economic climate.

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Sociologist Catherine Kohler riessman reports in her new book divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed — but only a few of the men — gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces.

2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Stereotypes associated with obesity include laziness, lack of will power, and lower prospects for success.

2014年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable;

    "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"

    "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"

    "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

Verb
  • 1. be without;

    "This soup lacks salt"

    "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"

同义词辨析

lack, need, want, require

这些动词均有"缺少,短少"之意。

  • lack: 指完全短缺或数量不足。
  • need: 语气较重,指需要必不可少的东西,强调急需。
  • want: 侧重缺少某种必需之物,或个人渴望得到的东西。
  • require: 使用广泛,语气较轻。强调急需时可与need换用,但有时暗示所需的人或物是完成某一任务必不可少的。

lack, want, absence, shortage, scarcity

这些名词均含"缺乏,不足"之意。

  • lack: 普通用词,指部分或完全的不足。
  • want: 指完全或短缺某物,侧重缺少之物是必需的东西。使用范围比lack窄些。
  • absence: 指某物根本不存在或完全短缺,或某人虽存在,但未到现场。
  • shortage: 指不足,但侧重达不到规定的,需要的或已知应有的数量。
  • scarcity: 指产量不足或缺乏某物难以应付或满足需要。

同义词

反义词

vt. & vi.缺少;没有;需要

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最新英语单词

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