lack
英[l?k]
美[l?k]
- vt. 缺乏；不足；沒有；需要
- vi. 缺乏；不足；沒有
- n. 缺乏；不足
- n. (Lack)人名；(老)拉；(英、法、意、葡、匈)拉克；(匈)洛克
詞態變化
復數:?lacks;第三人稱單數:?lacks;過去式:?lacked;過去分詞:?lacked;現在分詞:?lacking;
中文詞源
lack 缺乏
來自PIE*leg,滴，滲透，詞源同leak.引申詞義短缺，缺陷，缺乏。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Lack of exercise can lead to feelings of depression and exhaustion.
- 缺乏鍛煉會導致抑郁和疲勞。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Despite his lack of experience, he got the job.
- 他雖然經驗不足，但還是獲得了這份工作。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. There's a lack of fussiness about the way he works.
- 他工作時不會過分注重細節。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. There's always a lack of consistency in matters of foreign policy.
- 外交政策總是缺乏連貫性。
來自柯林斯例句