lacked

英 [lækt]

美 [lækt]

v.  没有; 缺乏; 不足; 短缺
lack的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 缺乏；不足；没有
  If there is alack ofsomething, there is not enough of it or it does not exist at all.
  1. 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。
  2. The charges were dropped for lack of evidence...
     指控因证据不足而被撤销。
  3. He tricked his way into a job as a hospital doctor and killed a patient through lack of care...
     他混入医院当上医生，结果因疏忽职守致使一名病人丧生。
  4. There is a lack of people wanting to start up new businesses.
     有创业意愿的人非常匮乏。
• V-ERG 缺少；欠缺；没有
  If you say that someone or somethinglacksa particular quality or that a particular qualityis lackingin them, you mean that they do not have any or enough of it.
  1. It lacked the power of the Italian cars...
     它没有意大利轿车动力强劲。
  2. He lacked the judgment and political acumen for the post of chairman...
     他欠缺做主席应具备的判断力和政治敏锐度。
  3. Certain vital information is lacking in the report.
     该报告缺少某些关键信息。
• See also:lacking
• PHRASE 不乏；有的是
  If you say there isno lack ofsomething, you are emphasizing that there is a great deal of it.
  1. He said there was no lack of things for them to talk about...
     他说他们之间不缺谈资。
  2. President Clinton displayed no lack of vigor when he began to speak.
     克林顿总统开腔时颇有气势。

双语例句

• He was inept and lacked the intelligence to govern
  他没有什么能力，缺乏管理才干。
• Somehow, though, their latest album has a focus that the others have lacked
  但是，他们的最新专辑设法找到了其他专辑所欠缺的一种目的性。
• I lacked the competence to defend her?
  我缺乏保护她的能力？
• He lacked will and ambition.
  他缺乏意志和雄心。
• His music lacked that vital spark of imagination
  他的音乐缺少非常关键的那一点灵感。
• He who was usually so full of questions lacked the will to confront her with them.
  通常有很多疑问的他却缺乏向她质询的决心。
• As a game engine, it lacked capabilities required in business and social context.
  作为游戏引擎，它缺少业务和社交环境所需的功能。
• Certainly not because the country lacked bad-tempered hippos and zebras.
  肯定不是因为这个国家缺少坏脾气的河马和斑马。
• They lacked the scientific personnel to develop the technical apparatus much further.
  他们缺少能够进一步研发这一技术装置的科研人员。
• She lacked experience in life, so she fell into the snares of that scoundrel.
  她缺乏生活经验，落入了那坏蛋的圈套。