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

If you lack something, you need or want something that's missing. When there's a lack of food, people starve.

There are a lot of things lacking in the world. If you have no video games, then you're lacking them. People who are thirsty and starving lack food and water. Many people lack money and health care. A lack of something is the opposite of an abundance of something. If you have plenty of books, then you don't lack them — though you may lack enough time to read them all.

WORD FAMILY

lack: lacked, lacking, lacks

USAGE EXAMPLES

Maybe it’s the refreshing lack of jargon, either medical or spiritual.

Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)

Scot McCloughan’s toughest job of the offseason involves finding the most effective way to overhaul a defense that’s sorely lacking in talent.

Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)

And some of which are almost identical to the originals but lack the comfort and quality.

The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017)

1n the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

there is a serious lack of insight into the problem

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

deficiency, want

absence

the state of being absent

dearth, famine, shortage

an acute insufficiency

deficit

a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning

mineral deficiency

lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism

shortness

the condition of being short of something

stringency, tightness

a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

nonoccurrence

absence by virtue of not occurring

awayness

the state of being elsewhere than in particular place

sideropenia

a deficiency of iron; results from inadequate iron in the diet or from hemorrhage

demand, need

a condition requiring relief

2v be without

This soup lacks salt

Syn|Ant|Hypo

miss

feature, have

have as a feature

have, have got, hold

have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

have, own, possess

have ownership or possession of

want

be without, lack; be deficient in

exclude

lack or fail to include

单词	lack
释义	lack (once / 81 pages) nv If you lack something, you need or want something that's missing. When there's a lack of food, people starve. There are a lot of things lacking in the world. If you have no video games, then you're lacking them. People who are thirsty and starving lack food and water. Many people lack money and health care. A lack of something is the opposite of an abundance of something. If you have plenty of books, then you don't lack them — though you may lack enough time to read them all. WORD FAMILY lack: lacked, lacking, lacks USAGE EXAMPLES Maybe it’s the refreshing lack of jargon, either medical or spiritual. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Scot McCloughan’s toughest job of the offseason involves finding the most effective way to overhaul a defense that’s sorely lacking in talent. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) And some of which are almost identical to the originals but lack the comfort and quality. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable there is a serious lack of insight into the problem Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper deficiency, want absence the state of being absent dearth, famine, shortage an acute insufficiency deficit a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning mineral deficiency lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism shortness the condition of being short of something stringency, tightness a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit nonoccurrence absence by virtue of not occurring awayness the state of being elsewhere than in particular place sideropenia a deficiency of iron; results from inadequate iron in the diet or from hemorrhage demand, need a condition requiring relief 2v be without This soup lacks salt Syn\|Ant\|Hypo miss feature, have have as a feature have, have got, hold have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense have, own, possess have ownership or possession of want be without, lack; be deficient in exclude lack or fail to include
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