英语词汇“to be found wanting”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Without construction: that is lacking in a required or necessary quality; deficient, inadequate. Frequently in to be found wanting with allusion to, or as an echo of, Daniel 5:27 (see quot. 1568).

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the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without

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quit?c1225

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desolatec1386

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ungirtc1412

voidc1420

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destitutea1500

unfurnished1541

defect1543

bankrupt1567

frustrate1576

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sterile1642

minus1807

lacking1838

to be stuck up for1860

short1873

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quits1885

light1936

a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (1999) II. l. 11891 Shal euery day deie here mo Of peple þat on þe erþe go Þan shulde into þis world borne be..Þan shulde þe world euere be wantand And euere shulde þe folke be fewand.

?1567 H. Thorne tr. St. J. Chrysostom Phisicke for Soul f. 65^v Ymploy reading, and prayer, that thy mind may be lightned, that thou mayest be made perfite, and honest in all things, wanting in no point.

1568 Bible (Bishops') Dan. v. 27 Thou art wayed in the balaunce, and art founde wanting [1535 Coverdale to light; Hebrew ḥassîr].

1599 T. Morton Treat. Nature of God ii. 73 For there is no creature in the world..will not bee found wanting in many respects.

1688 T. Ward Errata to Protestant Bible 10 Their Duty..was found wanting upon a second review of the whole Work.

1701 G. Stanhope Law not Destroyed but Established by Gospel 7 It was matter of just indignation to St. Paul, that He and his Doctrine should be thought wanting in respect to Moses and his Institution.

1776 S. Estwick Let. to J. Tucker 11 He complains so heavily of being thought wanting in the sciences more immediately belonging to his clerical profession.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 453 His rectitude and piety, tried by strong temptations and never found wanting.

1957 A. Ellis Let. 8 Feb. in I. L. Reiss & A. Ellis At Dawn of Sexual Revol. (2002) 12 Those who have tried numerous lighter sex affairs and found them wanting.

1993 Economist 7 Aug. 30/2 The yardstick against which the anti-establishment Mr Murdoch's paper is commonly compared, contrasted and generally thought wanting.

1999 D. Sobel Galileo's Daughter (2000) xi. 127 If the visitator was wanting, the chaplains were worse.

2012 Independent 22 Nov. 22/2 The eighth manager to be found wanting in as many years.

单词	to be found wanting
释义	> as lemmas to be found wanting a. Without construction: that is lacking in a required or necessary quality; deficient, inadequate. Frequently in to be found wanting with allusion to, or as an echo of, Daniel 5:27 (see quot. 1568). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without wane971 quit?c1225 helpless1362 desolatec1386 wantsomea1400 ungirtc1412 voidc1420 wantinga1475 destitutea1500 unfurnished1541 defect1543 bankrupt1567 frustrate1576 wanting1580 wanting1592 sterile1642 minus1807 lacking1838 to be stuck up for1860 short1873 wanting1874 quits1885 light1936 a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (1999) II. l. 11891 Shal euery day deie here mo Of peple þat on þe erþe go Þan shulde into þis world borne be..Þan shulde þe world euere be wantand And euere shulde þe folke be fewand. ?1567 H. Thorne tr. St. J. Chrysostom Phisicke for Soul f. 65^v Ymploy reading, and prayer, that thy mind may be lightned, that thou mayest be made perfite, and honest in all things, wanting in no point. 1568 Bible (Bishops') Dan. v. 27 Thou art wayed in the balaunce, and art founde wanting [1535 Coverdale to light; Hebrew ḥassîr]. 1599 T. Morton Treat. Nature of God ii. 73 For there is no creature in the world..will not bee found wanting in many respects. 1688 T. Ward Errata to Protestant Bible 10 Their Duty..was found wanting upon a second review of the whole Work. 1701 G. Stanhope Law not Destroyed but Established by Gospel 7 It was matter of just indignation to St. Paul, that He and his Doctrine should be thought wanting in respect to Moses and his Institution. 1776 S. Estwick Let. to J. Tucker 11 He complains so heavily of being thought wanting in the sciences more immediately belonging to his clerical profession. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 453 His rectitude and piety, tried by strong temptations and never found wanting. 1957 A. Ellis Let. 8 Feb. in I. L. Reiss & A. Ellis At Dawn of Sexual Revol. (2002) 12 Those who have tried numerous lighter sex affairs and found them wanting. 1993 Economist 7 Aug. 30/2 The yardstick against which the anti-establishment Mr Murdoch's paper is commonly compared, contrasted and generally thought wanting. 1999 D. Sobel Galileo's Daughter (2000) xi. 127 If the visitator was wanting, the chaplains were worse. 2012 Independent 22 Nov. 22/2 The eighth manager to be found wanting in as many years. extracted from wantingadj. < as lemmas
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