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单词 lack
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Definition of lack in English:

lack

noun laklæk
mass nounusually lack of
  • The state of being without or not having enough of something.

    没有,缺乏

    there is no lack of entertainment aboard ship

    在船上不缺少娱乐。

    the case was dismissed for lack of evidence

    因缺乏证据该案件被撤销。

    in singular there is a lack of parking space in the town

    城里缺少停车的地方。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Much of the country is suffering severe lack of water, and the small quantities supplied are not good for human use.
    • Our complete lack of focus (among many other things) contributed to our ultimate demise.
    • Jagger's conclusions are similar: ‘There is a shocking lack of evidence in this case,’ she says.
    • The Iowa straw poll is just another example of the general lack of enthusiasm for the GOP field.
    • Murray Iddles says it is a kick in the guts to see industry only contributing $10,000 to the scheme which has now been closed by Growcom due to the lack of support.
    Synonyms
    absence, want, need, deficiency, dearth, insufficiency, shortage, shortfall, scarcity, paucity, unavailability, scarceness, undersupply, deficit, scantiness, sparseness, meagreness, inadequacy, shortness, deprivation, destitution, privation, famine, drought, poverty, non-existence, rareness, infrequency, uncommonness
    rare exiguity, exiguousness
verb laklæk
[with object]
  • Be without or deficient in.

    没有,缺少

    the novel lacks imagination

    这部小说缺乏想像。

    no object she lacks in patience

    她缺少耐心。

    Sam did not lack for friends

    萨姆并不缺少朋友。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We liked the politics of that strategy - for instance, trying to overhaul Social Security and immigration - but it was clear it lacked traction in Congress.
    • More than one in three veterans under age 25 lacked health coverage, as did one in seven veterans age 25 to 44 and one in ten veterans age 45 to 65.
    • What they lack in experience they make up for in attitude.
    • Fifty-eight sparkling runs in the first innings were rendered inconsequential by a rash sweep-shot, and his captaincy lacked the imagination he had shown in the summer
    • I consider health policies that were implemented in New Zealand in the 1990s, the reaction among the public to liberalization policies, and the reasons why the market lacked public legitimacy.
    • The Court noted that mediation was mandatory, the controversy was one covered by the statute and, as a result, the courts lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear the dispute.
    • April and May brought daily news reports quoting U.S. military officers saying they lacked the manpower to do their jobs.
    • At the same time, however, millions of people lack such coverage, and policymakers have proposed a range of approaches for expanding health insurance coverage.
    • This case hardly lacks for bizarre elements.
    • Company executives will not lack for feedback about how they are doing.
    • Auditors also found that the District at times lacked documentation to indicate whether spending was done for legitimate school purposes.
    • In addition, this official explained, the information lacks context and does not prioritize threats.
    Synonyms
    be without, have need of, be in need of, need, be lacking, require, want, feel the want of, be short of, be deficient in, stand in need of, go without, be bereft of, be deprived of, be low on, be pressed for, not have enough of, be devoid of, have insufficient, cry out for
    miss
    informal be clean/fresh out of, be strapped for

Origin

Middle English: corresponding to, and perhaps partly from, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German lak 'deficiency', Middle Dutch laken 'lack, blame'.

Rhymes

aback, alack, attack, back, black, brack, clack, claque, crack, Dirac, drack, flack, flak, hack, jack, Kazakh, knack, lakh, mac, mach, Nagorno-Karabakh, pack, pitchblack, plaque, quack, rack, sac, sack, shack, shellac, slack, smack, snack, stack, tach, tack, thwack, track, vac, wack, whack, wrack, yak, Zack

Definition of lack in US English:

lack

nounlæklak
  • The state of being without or not having enough of something.

    没有,缺乏

    there is no lack of entertainment aboard ship

    在船上不缺少娱乐。

    the case was dismissed for lack of evidence

    因缺乏证据该案件被撤销。

    in singular there is a lack of parking space in the town

    城里缺少停车的地方。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Iowa straw poll is just another example of the general lack of enthusiasm for the GOP field.
    • Jagger's conclusions are similar: ‘There is a shocking lack of evidence in this case,’ she says.
    • Our complete lack of focus (among many other things) contributed to our ultimate demise.
    • Murray Iddles says it is a kick in the guts to see industry only contributing $10,000 to the scheme which has now been closed by Growcom due to the lack of support.
    • Much of the country is suffering severe lack of water, and the small quantities supplied are not good for human use.
    Synonyms
    absence, want, need, deficiency, dearth, insufficiency, shortage, shortfall, scarcity, paucity, unavailability, scarceness, undersupply, deficit, scantiness, sparseness, meagreness, inadequacy, shortness, deprivation, destitution, privation, famine, drought, poverty, non-existence, rareness, infrequency, uncommonness
verblæklak
[with object]
  • Be without or deficient in.

    没有,缺少

    the novel lacks imagination

    这部小说缺乏想像。

    no object she lacks in patience

    她缺少耐心。

    Sam did not lack for friends

    萨姆并不缺少朋友。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • More than one in three veterans under age 25 lacked health coverage, as did one in seven veterans age 25 to 44 and one in ten veterans age 45 to 65.
    • Auditors also found that the District at times lacked documentation to indicate whether spending was done for legitimate school purposes.
    • April and May brought daily news reports quoting U.S. military officers saying they lacked the manpower to do their jobs.
    • Fifty-eight sparkling runs in the first innings were rendered inconsequential by a rash sweep-shot, and his captaincy lacked the imagination he had shown in the summer
    • Company executives will not lack for feedback about how they are doing.
    • I consider health policies that were implemented in New Zealand in the 1990s, the reaction among the public to liberalization policies, and the reasons why the market lacked public legitimacy.
    • The Court noted that mediation was mandatory, the controversy was one covered by the statute and, as a result, the courts lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear the dispute.
    • What they lack in experience they make up for in attitude.
    • This case hardly lacks for bizarre elements.
    • We liked the politics of that strategy - for instance, trying to overhaul Social Security and immigration - but it was clear it lacked traction in Congress.
    • In addition, this official explained, the information lacks context and does not prioritize threats.
    • At the same time, however, millions of people lack such coverage, and policymakers have proposed a range of approaches for expanding health insurance coverage.
    Synonyms
    be without, have need of, be in need of, need, be lacking, require, want, feel the want of, be short of, be deficient in, stand in need of, go without, be bereft of, be deprived of, be low on, be pressed for, not have enough of, be devoid of, have insufficient, cry out for

Origin

Middle English: corresponding to, and perhaps partly from, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German lak ‘deficiency’, Middle Dutch laken ‘lack, blame’.

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