Lack
[læk]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; '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'.
錄入:普勒斯顿--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.
(n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.
(v. t.) To blame; to find fault with.
(v. t.) To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
(v. i.) To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.
(v. i.) To be in want.
(interj.) Exclamation of regret or surprise.
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同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Want, need, be in want of, be in need of, be destitute of, be without.
v. n. [1]. Be in want.[2]. Be wanting.
n. Need, deficiency, destitution, want, scantiness, insufficiency, scarcity, dearth, default, defectiveness, shortness, shortcoming, DEFICIT.
布莱尔整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Failure, scarcity, deficiency, want, need, demand, insufficiency
ANT:Fulness, abundance, sufficiency, satisfaction, supply, competence
SYN:Want, require, need, {be_destitute_of}
ANT:Supply, {have_abundance_of}
錄入:米尔顿
解釋/意思:
v.t. and v.i. to want: to be in want: to be destitute of: to miss.—n. want: destitution.—ns. Lack′-all one who is destitute; Lack′-brain (Shak.) a fool.—adjs. Lack′-lin′en (Shak.) wanting linen; Lack′-lus′tre wanting brightness.—n. a want of brightness.
編輯:摩尔
例句/造句/用法:
- No, the lack is something to be made up for by the introduction of still another study, or, if necessary, another kind of school. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- I decided that if I found a corresponding crowd there, the only thing to do to correct my lack of judgment in not getting more papers was to raise the price from five cents to ten. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In 1855 the work was discontinued at the height of 152 feet, from lack of funds. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The very barristers' wigs are ill-powdered, and their curls lack crispness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She was as unconcerned at that contingency as a goddess at a lack of linen. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- There was no lack of cheerfulness on board the Quaker City. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Truth has no lack; it is untouched by the perturbations of the world of sense. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Their bodies were smaller and lighter in color, and their fingers and toes bore the rudiments of nails, which were entirely lacking among the males. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- But just this perception is lacking in many propagandists. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The birds use their vocal cords to beautiful advantage in singing, far surpassing us in many ways, but the power of speech is lacking. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Because, however much he might mentally WILL to be immune and self-complete, the desire for this state was lacking, and he could not create it. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He found them all greatly lacking in economy of operation; indeed, the highest results obtainable from the best were 18 per cent. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- They are compelled, so to speak, to have physical gifts because they are lacking in social gifts. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Such a situation can be saved only by an immediate outrush of feeling; and on Selden's side the determining impulse was still lacking. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- But Scipio Africanus lacked that harder alloy which makes men great democratic leaders. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I did my best to feed her well and keep her warm, and she only asked food and sunshine, or when that lacked, fire. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The church, in comparison with its later state, was more in the hands of local laymen and the local ruler; it lacked its later universality. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- If, in the moments I and my pupil spent with him, I lacked spirits and sank into inevitable dejection, he became even gay. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Lily uttered a faint laugh--for once Mrs. Fisher lacked originality. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- They lacked that broader faith and understanding which induces men simply to study the stars. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I lacked not words now; fast I narrated; fluent I told my tale; it streamed on my tongue. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Sisal also lacks the flexibility of Manila, being much more stiff and harsh. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Eginhard lacks vividness; he tells many particulars, but not the particulars that make a man live again in the record. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The future just as future lacks urgency and body. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- However brave the followers are, unless the leader is equally so, their valor is not of much use, as it lacks discipline and trust in the general. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- It is the one quality which Gregory lacks. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- He lacks at birth and for a long time thereafter power to make his way physically, to make his own living. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The small weight makes up in distance what it lacks in magnitude. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
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