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

• But it was probably because I lacked confidence.
  但那也许是因为我太缺乏自信了。
• They lacked technological skills and training.
  它们缺乏技术技能和培训。
• Latin America lacked skilled labour
  拉丁美洲缺乏熟练工人。
• 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。
• I lacked the competence to defend her?
  我缺乏保护她的能力？
• The young teacher lacked assurance in front of his class.
  这位青年教师在学生面前缺少自信心。
• 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。
• What they lacked in speed those pioneer pilots made up for by flying only a few feet above the ground.
  那些飞行员先驱通过离地仅几英尺的低空飞行，弥补了飞行速度的不足。
• We lacked concentration and it cost us the goal and the game.
  我们注意力不够集中，结果丢了球，输了比赛。
• 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。