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

• His music lacked that vital spark of imagination
  他的音乐缺少非常关键的那一点灵感。
• His speech lacked fire.
  他的讲话缺乏热情。
• Latin America lacked skilled labour
  拉丁美洲缺乏熟练工人。
• 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。
• 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。
• He just lacked that extra zing
  他就是缺乏那多一点的活力。
• It lacked the power of the Italian cars
  它没有意大利轿车动力强劲。
• Her voice lacked expression.
  她的声音缺乏感情。
• The Scrum process also provided a framework for incremental process improvement that the development team previously lacked.
  Scrum流程还提供了一个框架，以实现开发团队之前所缺乏的增量流程改进。
• These are sectors where we have lacked political leadership not just recently but for decades.
  我们在这些领域缺乏政治领导力，不仅是最近，而是有几十年的时间了。