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 lack [læk]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 缺乏, 无, 不足

vt. 缺乏, 短少, 不足, 需要

vi. 缺乏

[法] 缺乏, 不足, 缺少的东西




    lack
    [ noun ]
    1. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

    2. <noun.state>
      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
    [ verb ]
    1. be without

    2. <verb.stative> miss
      This soup lacks salt
      There is something missing in my jewelry box!


    Lack \Lack\, interj. [Cf. {Alack}.]
    Exclamation of regret or surprise. [Prov. Eng.] --Cowper.


    Lack \Lack\ (l[a^]k), n. [OE. lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to
    blame, OHG. lahan, AS. le['a]n.]
    1. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. [Obs.]
    --Chaucer.

    2. Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack
    of sufficient food.

    She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood.
    --Chaucer.

    Let his lack of years be no impediment. --Shak.


    Lack \Lack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacked} (l[a^]kt); p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Lacking}.]
    1. To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.]

    Love them and lakke them not. --Piers
    Plowman.

    2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.

    If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.
    --James i. 5.


    Lack \Lack\, v. i.
    1. To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to
    be less than, short, not quite, etc.

    What hour now?
    I think it lacks of twelve. --Shak.

    Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty.
    --Gen. xvii.
    28.

    2. To be in want.

    The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. --Ps.
    xxxiv. 10.

    Lac \Lac\ (l[a^]k), Lakh \Lakh\ (l[aum]k), n. [Hind. lak,
    l[=a]kh, l[=a]ksh, Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.]
    One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac
    of rupees. [Written also {lack}.] [East Indies]

    1. However, the lack of voting rights would still be unacceptable to US institutions, and the establishment of the trusts might still cause a drop in foreign premiums as non-US investors moved from the foreign board to the trusts.
    2. The lack of books had made his childhood in Scotland seem like prison, but when he reached London, he found things little better. The greatest city in the world had no public libraries and books were expensive.
    3. Lantos appears to lack the support on the panel he would need for such a move.
    4. Resellers are good at selling computer systems to traditional technical markets, but lack extensive experience and a broad clientele among businesses.
    5. Kinison met him and asked him to accompany him as a bodyguard, for lack of a better term," Dinse said.
    6. Still, analysts said the lack of significant Western participation stemmed from unhappiness with the terms of the loan, not directly from worries about Hong Kong's future.
    7. Despite the lack of health care and many dangers, African women continue to give birth too often, too early and too late.
    8. In Michigan, as many as 1.3 million adults lack the skills needed to work in the new economy, he said.
    9. The lack of profit-sharing at GM at the same time that the corporation handed out millions of dollars in executive bonuses angered workers.
    10. Soviet authorities have come under considerable criticism for lack of organization in the quake relief efforts, but many of the area's leaders died or wandered in shock for days after crawling out of the rubble to find their families gone.
    11. The absence of Cheney from this week's witness list - and the lack of any guarantee he would testify at all - had been portrayed as a part of struggle between Nunn, a possible 1992 Democratic challenger for Bush's job, and the White House.
    12. In attempting to enter other markets, Ms. Thomas must apply the Chicago formula to cities that lack a central young-singles neighborhood akin to the Lincoln Park area.
    13. "I don't think lack of candor has been my problem," the outspoken Bennett told the hearing, drawing laughter from the audience.
    14. However, it is precisely the lack of a traffic stop that makes the system illegal, its critics argue.
    15. Walsh said a prison term is necessary to reduce North's political following that was cultivated on the lecture circuit and "reinforces his lack of remorse." Walsh rejected North's contention that he is a scapegoat.
    16. People already have large amounts of money in savings accounts because of a nationwide lack of consumer goods to spend it on.
    17. They lack the homeland unity of Greek-Americans behind Mr. Dukakis.
    18. Many stocks didn't trade for a lack of buy orders, and prices were off in all sectors.
    19. No charges were filed because of lack of evidence, it quoted the sources as saying.
    20. But the exact size and mandate of the surviving services _ as well as the fate of their foreign espionage networks _ is mostly obscured by the traditional lack of public accountability.
    21. The campaign also was hampered by a lack of money, he said, but added he will finish with only about $400,000 in debts.
    22. Until the NRC learns to distinguish between nuclear plants that are well-managed, well-designed and properly sited, and those that are not, Americans will lack confidence in the nuclear industry.
    23. The problem is that the Griffin Bells, Ed Meeses and Dick Thornburghs lack any credibility in spearheading an investigation of wrongdoing by a political associate; they either are too close personally or too ambitious politically.
    24. Other witnesses said the problem of child abuse was compounded by jurisdictional problems, the isolation of the reservations and a simple lack of money.
    25. A bank employee interviewed by the Associated Press during yesterday's strike explained, "We lack unity to confront these people who have all the arms and are disposed to use them."
    26. After 1968, Alpe d'Huez restored one of its sunnier ski slopes by knocking down the bobsleigh course, while the ski jump at St Nizier was left to rot, and a speed skating track at Grenoble closed for lack of support.
    27. As for American Home Products, they say that Wall Street is excessively concerned about an alleged lack of new products in its pipeline.
    28. But he said evangelism will not be easy in the Soviet Union, mainly because of a lack of books, facilities and funds.
    29. Dr Roger Penn, one of the authors of the report, criticised the 'lack of effective training'. The report's recommendations include: Greater investment in training management.
    30. A community activist complained of a lack of funds for fighting drug pushers.
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