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高中CET4CET6考研IELTS

英[l?k]
美[l?k]

基本釋義

n.
缺乏
v.
缺少

詞性變化

實用例句

a lack of food/money/skills

缺乏食物 / 金錢 / 技能

牛津詞典

The trip was cancelled through lack of (= because there was not enough) interest.

因為缺乏興趣這次旅行被取消了。

牛津詞典

There was no lack of volunteers.

志愿者不乏其人。

牛津詞典

Some houses still lack basic amenities such as bathrooms.

有些住宅仍沒有像衛(wèi)生間這樣的基本設施。

牛津詞典

He lacks confidence.

他缺乏信心。

牛津詞典

She has the determination that her brother lacks.

她有決心,而她兄弟卻沒有。

牛津詞典

Despite his lack of experience, he got the job...

他雖然經(jīng)驗不足,但還是獲得了這份工作。

The charges were dropped for lack of evidence...

指控因證據(jù)不足而被撤銷。

It lacked the power of the Italian cars...

它沒有意大利轎車動力強勁。

He lacked the judgment and political acumen for the post of chairman...

他欠缺做主席應具備的判斷力和政治敏銳度。

He said there was no lack of things for them to talk about...

他說他們之間不缺談資。

President Clinton displayed no lack of vigor when he began to speak.

克林頓總統(tǒng)開腔時頗有氣勢。

A simple experiment will show us this motion we call heat.

一個簡單的實驗就能使人們明白我們稱之為熱的這種運動.

期刊摘選

The plan was criticized for its lack of rationale.

該計劃因缺乏根據(jù)而遭到批評.

《簡明英漢詞典》

His remarks lack point.

他的言詞缺乏要點.

《簡明英漢詞典》

His lack of English handicaps him.

他的英語不好對他是一件不利的事.

《簡明英漢詞典》

I lack words with which to express my thanks.

我無法以言語來表達我的感激之情.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Some people refer all the troubles to bad luck instead of lack of ability.

有些人把自己所有的苦惱都歸咎于運氣不佳,而不認為是缺乏能力.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Their failure to reply to our letter seems to imply a lack of interest.

他們沒有回我們的信似乎暗示他們缺乏興趣.

《簡明英漢詞典》

They wasted away for lack of food.

由于食物的缺乏,他們越來越虛弱了.

《簡明英漢詞典》

What do you lack?

你要買點 什么 ?

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

Lack of refrigeration turned the milk.

牛奶沒有冷藏,變酸了.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Through his lack of attention to the game he had put his white stone into a " tiger's mouth " formed by three black stones.

由于他漫不經(jīng)心地下棋,他的白子擲到黑子的 虎口 里去了.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Lack of money led to the abandonment of this plan.

由于缺乏經(jīng)費,最后只好放棄這項計劃.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.

營養(yǎng)不良降低了他們抵抗疾病的能力.

《簡明英漢詞典》

You show promise as a musician but your lack of practice is keeping you back.

你有希望成為音樂家,但是缺乏實踐會影響你的發(fā)展.

《簡明英漢詞典》

He felt people were contemptuous of his lack of sophistication.

他覺得人們看不起他不懂人情世故.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The shop has shut down because of lack of trade.

那商店因生意蕭條而停業(yè).

《簡明英漢詞典》

真題例句

The lack of confidence on the part of investors.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

When I told a group of school children who displayed helpless behavior that a lack of effort led to their mistakes in math, they learned to keep trying when the problems got tough.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

They lack talent to fix their deepening problems.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Mistakes crack their self-confidence because they attribute errors to a lack of ability, which they feel powerless to change.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

In particular, attributing poor performance to a lack of ability depresses motivation more than does the belief that lack of effort is to blame.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Attributing a bad grade to their own lack of ability, those with a fixed mindset said that they would study less in the future, try never to take that subject again and consider cheating on future tests.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

The thing that sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance, nor their lack of skills.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Nor is it for lack of available information.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

My mission is to encourage green hands and those lacking time or money to feed themselves.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Lack of the right kind of talents.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Lack of incentive for investment.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Lack of government support.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Lack of famous universities.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Fatigue resulting from lack of sleep.

出自-2010年6月閱讀原文

The teacher evaluated lacks teaching experience.

出自-2014年6月聽力原文

They lack consistent support from peers.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

Rather, we would not have been likely to spend enough time getting to know each other due to the lack of immediately visible mutual interests.

出自-2012年6月聽力原文

"I have been bothered for a long time about the curious lack of curiosity,"said a Democratic member of the New Jersey legislature back in July, referring to an insufficiently inquiring attitude on the part of an assistant to New Jersey Governor Chris Chri

2017年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

According to one professor, obesity is related to a lack of basic awareness of nutrition and health.

2019年12月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

Attributing a bad grade to their own lack of ability, those with a fixed mind-set said that they would study less in the future, try never to take that subject again and consider cheating on future tests.

2016年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

However, the plan was dropped due to lack of funds.

2018年12月四級真題(第一套)聽力 Section A

Many students drop out of online courses because of the lack of teaching support.

2019年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

mistakes crack their self-confidence because they attribute errors to a lack of ability, which they feel powerless to change.

2016年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

She said, "I started Engineering For kids EF after noticing a real lack of math, science and engineering programs to enroll my own kids in.

2017年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

That lack of curiosity produces a relative lack of knowledge, and the lack of knowledge is difficult if not impossible to compensate for later on.

2017年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

The British airports Authority, recently bought by a Spanish company, says the root cause of the problem is not the ownership structure, but a lack of runway and terminal capacity, which it's addressing through a programme of heavy investment.

2016年6月四級真題(第二套)聽力 Section A

The implication, in each case, is that curiosity is a good thing, and a lack of curiosity is a problem.

2017年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

The lack of a research culture.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

We aren't suffering from a shortage of needed skills; we're suffering from a lack of policy resolve.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Unlike developed cities, however, these areas lack advanced water-treatment facilities, and rivers effectively become sewers .

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

More than 80% of those cases can be attributed to contact with contaminated water and a lack of proper sanitation.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Lack of financial resources.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Many top firms will not even look at applications from those who lack a 2.1

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

And because a failure to accept these increased demands indicates a lack of commitment to one's work, the employee complies.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

American scientists complain about lack of sufficient money and equipment for their expansion in Antarctica.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

According to the survey, that lack of enthusiasm could stem from concerns about privacy and security.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Unfortunately, there tends to be a lack of information and support to help students think bigger and broader.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Our support structure was more like: ‘You are going to get through Yale; you are going to do well,' he said, hinting at mentors , staff, and professors who all provided significant support for students who lacked confidence about belonging at such a top institution.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

It was this lack of information that prompted the launch of I'm First in 2013, originally as an arm of its umbrella organization, the Center For Student Opportunity.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

In 2011 they released a landmark study titled Academically Adrift, which documented the lack of intellectual growth experienced by many people enrolled in college.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Arum and Roksa placed the blame for students' lack of learning on a watered-down college curriculum and lowered undergraduate work standards.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Take another common obstacle: lack of money

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

They lack the skills and expertise needed for their jobs

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

Lack of rainfall resulting from global warming.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

But a bigger problem may be that poor high schools often send their students to colleges for which they are "undermatched": they could get into more elite, richer schools, but instead go to community colleges and low-rated state schools that lack the resources to help them.

出自-2011年6月閱讀原文

This scenario is common in newsrooms that lack a systematic way to filter story suggestions

出自-2011年6月閱讀原文

The lack of a precedent in American history.

出自-2010年6月閱讀原文

Most pop singers suffer from three things: lack of training, overuse and abuse of the voice, especially when they are young.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

People from broken homes often lack stable lives

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

Many lack professional training.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

It lacks the vitamins and minerals essential for health.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

Don't risk injury or death beacuse of over-confidence or lack of knowledge.

出自-2012年12月聽力原文

But many papers lack interest in reporting something positive like peace, love and generosity.

出自-2012年6月聽力原文

They lack knowledge of the culture of the city.

出自-2011年12月聽力原文

The man lacks confidence in playing the part.

出自-2011年12月聽力原文

They lack the expertise to make capital investments.

出自-2011年6月聽力原文

Fatigue is a typical symptom of lack of exercise.

出自-2010年6月聽力原文

Case studies of children who were isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm self-concept, and their mental and psychological development is severely hindered by lack of language.

出自-2010年6月聽力原文

People who lack close friends have greater levels of anxiety and depression than people who are close to others

出自-2010年6月聽力原文

Most of them lacked interest in the subject.

出自-2010年6月聽力原文

And lack of recovery一whether by disrupting sleep with thoughts of work or having continuous cognitive arousal by watching our phones一is costing our companies $62 billion a year in lost productivity.

2018年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

But the lack of work opportunities in Bucks County limits how much she can help.

2016年6月六級真題(第一套)聽力 Section C

Despite being the continent's second-largest producer of tomatoes, Nigeria is dependent on $1 billion worth of tomato-paste imports every year, as around 75% of the local harvest goes to waste thanks to a lack of proper storage facilities.

2017年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A

From the lack of secure, affordable housing to growing job insecurity and rising personal debt, the individual is trapped.

2019年12月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

In 2011 they released a landmark study titled "Academically Adrift", which documented the lack of intellectual growth experienced by many people enrolled in college.

2015年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

It was this lack of information that prompted the launch of I'm first in 2013, originally as an arm of its umbrella organization, the Center For Student Opportunity.

2015年12月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

Many top firms will not even look at applications from those who lack a 2.1, i.e., an upper-second class degree, from an elite university.

2016年12月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

Research has found that there is a direct correlation between lack of recovery and increased incidence of health and safety problems.

2018年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

The aim was to enable older people to remain in their own homes for as long as possible, but this increased concern about the lack of coordination between free health and paid-for social car.

2018年12月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

The issue of climate change also illustrates how the public acceptance and understanding of scienceor the lack of it can influence governmental decision-making with regard to regulation, science policy and research funding.

2018年12月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

The very lack of a recovery period is dramatically holding back our collective ability to be resilient and successful.

2018年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

They can meet their basic needs, but they lack access to cultural goods, entertainment and recreation.

2017年6月六級真題(第一套)聽力 Section C

They lack water-storing structures, and their existence on rock faces prevents them from tapping groundwater, so they have instead developed the ability to change their metabolism.

2018年6月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Unlike developed cities, however, these areas lack advanced water-treatment facilities, and rivers effectively become sewers.

2016年6月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

What they sometimes lack is feedback from the people who they hope will use their products.

2019年6月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

But you can't be successful when there's a lack of trust in a relationship that results from an action where the wrongdoer takes no responsibility to fix the mistake.

2015年高考英語全國卷1 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

Dr Dominoni, who is putting cameras inside nesting boxes to track sleeping patterns, said lack of sleep could put the birds' health at risk.

2015年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Her lack of proper training in law.

2016年高考英語全國卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀A 選項

Her times were not exactly impressive, but even so, he sensed there was something trying to get out, something the other coaches had overlooked when they had assessed her and found her lacking.

2016年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Of the nineteen recognized polar bear subpopulations, three are declining, six are stable, one is increasing, and nine lack enough data.

2019年高考英語全國卷I 語法填空 原文

The real museum lacked enough artwork to interest her.

2018年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 選項

This will for the lack of young work force.

2017年高考英語江蘇卷 任務型閱讀 題設

To be punctual one has to have self-discipline, and the lack of it affects others.

2015年高考英語陜西卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

A lack of formal education, however, doesn't constrain the ability of the developing world's workforce to substantially improve productivity for the forested future.

出自-2009年考研閱讀原文

To sum up: a system of conservation based solely on economic self-interest is hopelessly lopsided It tends to ignore, and thus eventually to eliminate, many elements in the land community that lack commercial value, but that are essential to its healthy functioning.

出自-2010年考研翻譯原文

This distinction is so much so that where the latter is lacking, as it is for these unlikely gardens, the foremer becomes all the more urgent.

出自-2013年考研翻譯原文

Social scientists who complain about a lack of funding should not expect more in today’s economic climate.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

It is like the immune system of the body, which under stress or through lack of nutrition or exercise can be weakened, but which never leaves us.

出自-2016年考研翻譯原文

A lack of formal education, however, doesn't constrain the ability of the developing world's workforce to substantially improve productivity for the foreseeable future.

2009年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell.

2010年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Because US colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can affect students' educational experiences, many first-generation students lack insight about why they are struggling and do not understand how students like them can improve.

2015年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Britain town, it is true are not prevented from applying, but they generally lack the resources to put together a bit to beat their bigger competitions.

2020年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

If you consistently lose your cool with your kids, then you are inadvertently modeling a lack of emotional control for your kids.

2020年考研真題(英語二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Looking around, I despaired at the singular lack of imagination about girls' lives and interests.

2012年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Social scientists who complain about a lack of funding should not expect more in today's economic climate.

2013年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Sociologist Catherine Kohler riessman reports in her new book divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed — but only a few of the men — gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces.

2010年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Stereotypes associated with obesity include laziness, lack of will power, and lower prospects for success.

2014年考研真題(英語二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. 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"

Verb
  • 1. be without;

    "This soup lacks salt"

    "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"

同義詞辨析

lack, need, want, require

這些動詞均有"缺少,短少"之意。

  • lack: 指完全短缺或數(shù)量不足。
  • need: 語氣較重,指需要必不可少的東西,強調急需。
  • want: 側重缺少某種必需之物,或個人渴望得到的東西。
  • require: 使用廣泛,語氣較輕。強調急需時可與need換用,但有時暗示所需的人或物是完成某一任務必不可少的。

lack, want, absence, shortage, scarcity

這些名詞均含"缺乏,不足"之意。

  • lack: 普通用詞,指部分或完全的不足。
  • want: 指完全或短缺某物,側重缺少之物是必需的東西。使用范圍比lack窄些。
  • absence: 指某物根本不存在或完全短缺,或某人雖存在,但未到現(xiàn)場。
  • shortage: 指不足,但側重達不到規(guī)定的,需要的或已知應有的數(shù)量。
  • scarcity: 指產(chǎn)量不足或缺乏某物難以應付或滿足需要。

同義詞

反義詞

vt. & vi.缺少;沒有;需要

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