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

• My skin feels tight and lacking in moisture
  我的皮肤感觉紧巴巴的，缺少水分。
• 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。
• She seemed to be lacking in frankness.
  她似乎不够坦率。
• The use of logic and logical inferences is sorely lacking in most architectural practice.
  在大部分的架构实践中，都非常缺乏对逻辑和逻辑推理的使用。
• Lacking manure and water, crops won't grow well.
  庄稼缺肥缺水就长不好。
• Lacking self-confidence and maturity, many teenagers are left feeling very vulnerable.
  许多十几岁的孩子既缺乏自信又不够懂事，所以感情上十分脆弱。
• She felt nervous, increasingly lacking in confidence about herself
  她感到紧张，对自己越来越没有信心。
• Don't you know the crushed worm will turn? Why are you so lacking in vigilance?
  你不知道困兽犹斗吗？为什么这样麻痹大意？
• But those lacking a family tradition of continuing education still face difficulties.
  但是那些并无接受继续教育这种家庭传统的人仍然面临着困难。
• Although the approximate wave function is qualitatively useful, it is gravely lacking in quantitative accuracy.
  虽然近似的波函数是定性地有用，然而它严重的缺少定量的准确性。