lack
英[læk]
美[læk]
- vt. 缺乏；不足；没有；需要
- vi. 缺乏；不足；没有
- n. 缺乏；不足
- n. (Lack)人名；(老)拉；(英、法、意、葡、匈)拉克；(匈)洛克
词态变化
复数: lacks;第三人称单数: lacks;过去式: lacked;过去分词: lacked;现在分词: lacking;
中文词源
lack 缺乏
来自PIE*leg,滴，渗透，词源同leak.引申词义短缺，缺陷，缺乏。
英文词源
- 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.
=> leak - 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.
双语例句
- 1. Lack of exercise can lead to feelings of depression and exhaustion.
- 缺乏锻炼会导致抑郁和疲劳。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Despite his lack of experience, he got the job.
- 他虽然经验不足，但还是获得了这份工作。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. There's a lack of fussiness about the way he works.
- 他工作时不会过分注重细节。
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- 4. She wrinkled her nose, piqued by his total lack of enthusiasm.
- 她皱皱鼻子，为他毫无热情而感到不快。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. There's always a lack of consistency in matters of foreign policy.
- 外交政策总是缺乏连贯性。
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