| 释义 |
lack/læk/ n. & v.●n. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 of) an absence, want, or deficiency 没有，缺乏，不足 a lack of talent 缺乏才能; felt the lack of warmth 感到缺少温暖 ●v. tr. be without or deficient in 没有，缺少 lacks courage 缺乏勇气 □ for lack of owing to the absence of 由于缺少 went hungry for lack of money 因没钱而挨饿 □ lack for lack 没有，缺乏，不足 [Middle English lac, lacen, corresponding to Middle Dutch, Middle Low German lak ‘deficiency’, Middle Dutch laken ‘to lack’] |