lack

英 [l?k] 美[l?k]

反義詞

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復(fù)數(shù):?lacks;第三人稱單數(shù):?lacks;過去式:?lacked;過去分詞:?lacked;現(xiàn)在分詞:?lacking;

lack 缺乏

來自PIE*leg,滴，滲透，詞源同leak.引申詞義短缺，缺陷，缺乏。

lack: lack: [12] The word lack is not known to have existed in Old English, although it is by no means impossible that it did. If it was a borrowing, a possible source would have been Middle Dutch lak ‘deficiency, fault’. This has been traced back to a prehistoric Germanic *lak-, a variant of which produced English leak.
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lack (n.): c. 1300, "absence, want; shortage, deficiency," perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *lac, or else borrowed from Middle Dutch lak "deficiency, fault;" in either case from Proto-Germanic *laka- (cognates: Old Frisian lek "disadvantage, damage," Old Norse lakr "lacking"), from PIE *leg- "to dribble, trickle" (see leak (v.)). Middle English also had lackless "without blame or fault."
lack (v.): late 12c., perhaps from Middle Dutch laken "to be wanting," from lak (n.) "deficiency, fault," or an unrecorded native cognate word (see lack (n.)). Related: Lacked; lacking.

1. Lack of exercise can lead to feelings of depression and exhaustion.: 缺乏鍛煉會導(dǎo)致抑郁和疲勞。

2. Despite his lack of experience, he got the job.: 他雖然經(jīng)驗(yàn)不足，但還是獲得了這份工作。

3. There's a lack of fussiness about the way he works.: 他工作時不會過分注重細(xì)節(jié)。

4. She wrinkled her nose, piqued by his total lack of enthusiasm.: 她皺皺鼻子，為他毫無熱情而感到不快。

5. There's always a lack of consistency in matters of foreign policy.: 外交政策總是缺乏連貫性。