lacking

英 [ˈlækɪŋ]

美 [ˈlækɪŋ]

adj.  没有; 匮乏; 缺乏; 不足; 不在场; 得不到
v.  没有; 缺乏; 不足; 短缺
lack的现在分词

现在分词：lacking　复数：lackings　

Oxford 3000 / BNC.38473 / COCA.36627

牛津词典

adj.

• 没有；匮乏；缺乏；不足
  having none or not enough of sth
  1. She's not usually lacking in confidence.
     她平时并不缺乏自信心。
  2. The book is completely lacking in originality.
     这部书完全没有创意。
  3. He was taken on as a teacher but was found lacking (= was thought not to be good enough) .
     他获聘为教师，能力却显得一般。
• 不在场；得不到
  not present or not available
  1. I feel there is something lacking in my life.
     我觉得我的生活中缺少点什么。

柯林斯词典

• See also:...if your hair is lacking in lustre and feeling dry...She felt nervous, increasingly lacking in confidence about herself...Why was military intelligence so lacking?lack

英英释义

adj

• nonexistent
  1. the thumb is absent
  2. her appetite was lacking
  Synonym:absentmissingwanting

双语例句

• The quality of lacking taste and refinement.
  缺乏品位和文雅的性质。
• Maybe your listening and speaking are pretty good, but reading and writing are rather lacking.
  也许你的听和说不错，读和写还差点儿。
• He must be sadly lacking in intelligence.
  他的智力一定极为贫乏。
• Lacking sovereignty, they could organise no defence against their oppressors.
  没有主权他们就无法组织起来反抗压迫者。
• The writing is tangled, utterly lacking in coherence.
  文笔错杂，毫无伦次。
• What is lacking is an insight into the particularity of our societal system
  缺乏的正是对我们社会制度特殊性的洞察。
• Lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak.
  缺乏听觉的官能和说话的能力。
• Why was military intelligence so lacking?
  为什么军事情报如此匮乏？
• Judging from his conduct, I assume he is lacking in education.
  从他的行为来看，我认为他缺乏教育。
• Where data and information are lacking, we can fill in with assumptions.
  在那些缺乏数据和信息的地方，我们可以进行假设。