英汉词典

lack 基本解释

• vt. 缺乏；不足；没有；需要
• vi. 缺乏；不足；没有
• n. 缺乏；不足
• n. (Lack)人名；(老)拉；(英、法、意、葡、匈)拉克；(匈)洛克

lack 词态变化

lack 中文词源

来自PIE*leg,滴，渗透，词源同leak.引申词义短缺，缺陷，缺乏。

lack 英文词源

lack

lack: [12] The word lack is not known to have existed in Old English, although it is by no means impossible that it did. If it was a borrowing, a possible source would have been Middle Dutch lak ‘deficiency, fault’. This has been traced back to a prehistoric Germanic *lak-, a variant of which produced English leak.
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lack (n.)

c. 1300, "absence, want; shortage, deficiency," perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *lac, or else borrowed from Middle Dutch lak "deficiency, fault;" in either case from Proto-Germanic *laka- (cognates: Old Frisian lek "disadvantage, damage," Old Norse lakr "lacking"), from PIE *leg- "to dribble, trickle" (see leak (v.)). Middle English also had lackless "without blame or fault."

lack (v.)

late 12c., perhaps from Middle Dutch laken "to be wanting," from lak (n.) "deficiency, fault," or an unrecorded native cognate word (see lack (n.)). Related: Lacked; lacking.

lack 英文释义

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"

lack 同义词解析

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。

lack 双语例句

1. Lack of exercise can lead to feelings of depression and exhaustion.

缺乏锻炼会导致抑郁和疲劳。

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2. 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。

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3. There's a lack of fussiness about the way he works.

他工作时不会过分注重细节。

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4. She wrinkled her nose, piqued by his total lack of enthusiasm.

她皱皱鼻子，为他毫无热情而感到不快。

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5. There's always a lack of consistency in matters of foreign policy.

外交政策总是缺乏连贯性。

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lack 实用场景例句

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。

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There was no lack of volunteers.

志愿者不乏其人。

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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。

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He lacks confidence.

他缺乏信心。

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She has the determination that her brother lacks.

她有决心，而她兄弟却没有。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The charges were dropped for lack of evidence...

指控因证据不足而被撤销。

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It lacked the power of the Italian cars...

它没有意大利轿车动力强劲。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

他说他们之间不缺谈资。

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

克林顿总统开腔时颇有气势。

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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.

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His remarks lack point.

他的言词缺乏要点.

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His lack of English handicaps him.

他的英语不好对他是一件不利的事.

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I lack words with which to express my thanks.

我无法以言语来表达我的感激之情.

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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.

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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.

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They wasted away for lack of food.

由于食物的缺乏,他们越来越虚弱了.

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What do you lack?

你要买点 什么 ?

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Lack of refrigeration turned the milk.

牛奶没有冷藏,变酸了.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The shop has shut down because of lack of trade.

那商店因生意萧条而停业.

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