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

/lak

noun [mass noun] (usually lack of)

The state of being without or not having enough of something: there is no lack of entertainment aboard ship the case was dismissed for lack of evidence [in singular]: there is a lack of parking space in the town...

Jagger's conclusions are similar: ‘There is a shocking lack of evidence in this case,’ she says.
The Iowa straw poll is just another example of the general lack of enthusiasm for the GOP field.
Much of the country is suffering severe lack of water, and the small quantities supplied are not good for human use.

Synonyms

absence, want, need, deficiency, dearth, insufficiency, shortage, shortfall, scarcity, paucity, unavailability, scarceness, undersupply, deficit, scantiness, sparseness, meagreness, inadequacy, shortness, deprivation, destitution, privation, famine, drought, poverty, non-existence, rareness, infrequency, uncommonness

rare exiguity, exiguousness

verb [with object]

Be without or deficient in: the novel lacks imagination [no object]: she lacks in patience Sam did not lack for friends...

The Court noted that mediation was mandatory, the controversy was one covered by the statute and, as a result, the courts lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear the dispute.
April and May brought daily news reports quoting U.S. military officers saying they lacked the manpower to do their jobs.
We liked the politics of that strategy - for instance, trying to overhaul Social Security and immigration - but it was clear it lacked traction in Congress.

Synonyms

be without, have need of, be in need of, need, be lacking, require, want, feel the want of, be short of, be deficient in, stand in need of, go without, be bereft of, be deprived of, be low on, be pressed for, not have enough of, be devoid of, have insufficient, cry out for;

miss

informal be clean/fresh out of, be strapped for

Origin

Middle English: corresponding to, and perhaps partly from, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German lak 'deficiency', Middle Dutch laken 'lack, blame'.

单词	lack
释义	lack /lak / noun [mass noun] (usually lack of) The state of being without or not having enough of something: there is no lack of* entertainment aboard ship* the case was dismissed for lack of evidence [in singular]: there is a lack of parking space in the town... Jagger's conclusions are similar: ‘There is a shocking lack of evidence in this case,’ she says. The Iowa straw poll is just another example of the general lack of enthusiasm for the GOP field. Much of the country is suffering severe lack of water, and the small quantities supplied are not good for human use. Synonyms absence, want, need, deficiency, dearth, insufficiency, shortage, shortfall, scarcity, paucity, unavailability, scarceness, undersupply, deficit, scantiness, sparseness, meagreness, inadequacy, shortness, deprivation, destitution, privation, famine, drought, poverty, non-existence, rareness, infrequency, uncommonness rare exiguity, exiguousness verb [with object] Be without or deficient in: the novel lacks imagination [no object]: she lacks in* patience* Sam did not lack for* friends... The Court noted that mediation was mandatory, the controversy was one covered by the statute and, as a result, the courts lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear the dispute. April and May brought daily news reports quoting U.S. military officers saying they lacked the manpower to do their jobs. We liked the politics of that strategy - for instance, trying to overhaul Social Security and immigration - but it was clear it lacked traction in Congress. Synonyms be without, have need of, be in need of, need, be lacking, require, want, feel the want of, be short of, be deficient in, stand in need of, go without, be bereft of, be deprived of, be low on, be pressed for, not have enough of, be devoid of, have insufficient, cry out for; miss informal* be clean/fresh out of, be strapped for Origin Middle English: corresponding to, and perhaps partly from, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German lak 'deficiency', Middle Dutch laken 'lack, blame'. Rhymes aback, alack, attack, back, black, brack, clack, claque, crack, Dirac, drack, flack, flak, hack, jack, Kazakh, knack, lakh, mac, mach, Nagorno-Karabakh, pack, pitchblack, plaque, quack, rack, sac, sack, shack, shellac, slack, smack, snack, stack, tach, tack, thwack, track, vac, wack, whack, wrack, yak, Zack
随便看	off-off Broadway off-off-off Broadway off one's chump off one's face off one's feed off one's feet off one's nana off one's nut off one's own bat off one's rocker off one's scone off one's trolley off (or on) one's game off (or on) the bone off (or on) the bridle off (or out of) form off (or out of) one's head off (or way off) beam off (or wide of) the mark off-patent off-peak off-piste off-pitch off-plan off-planet

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