lack的用法

2024年2月13日发(作者：三字成语大全)

Lack 的用法

1、n.（名词）“不足”。 通常用 “lack+of＋名词”。

①A deficiency or an abnce: 缺乏或没有；

②Something needed or wanted. 欠缺的事物：缺乏或寻求的某物

a lack of money. 缺乏金钱

Her only problem is lack of confidence.

Lack of sleep had made him irritable.

If he fails it won't be for/through lack of effort

(= he has certainly

tried).

We won't be going on holiday this year - lack of funds, I'm afraid.

He can’t endure the lack of food. 没有食物，他再也坚持不下去了。

2、vt.（及物动词）缺乏；不足；没有

①To be entirely without or have very little of.缺乏：根本就没有或仅有一点

②To be in need of.需要

He just lacks a little confidence.

What we lack in this hou is space to store things.

She lacks patience in dealing with children. （与孩子打交道她缺少耐心。）

We are lacking three members of staff due to illness.

(注：说lack不用于进行时是站不住脚的)

vi. （不及物动词）还可作“缺乏，短少；不足；需要。常用进行时

①To be wanting or deficient:缺乏：处于匮乏或不足状态：

You will not

be lacking in support from me.你将得到我的帮助

（注：这里把lacking处理为vi.，并没有作为adj.来得简单）

②To be in need of something:需要：需要某物：

I lacked for nothing.我不需要任何东西

She does not lack for friends.

They lacked for nothing.他们无所需求（应有尽有）。

3、[用法拓展]

lack 构成的短语有：

be lacking:欠缺、缺：

be lacking in缺乏（某种品质、特点等）,不够

lack for 缺（多用于否定句） Lack+of＋名词： The plants died for lack of

water.

Lack+名词： We lack the strength to walk any further.

短语： be lacking:欠缺、缺： Money was lacking to complete the building.

Be lacking in缺乏（某种品质、特点等）,不够： He is not lacking in

intelligence.

Lack for 缺（多用于否定句） She does not lack for friends

lacking adj.

1 be lacking If something that you need is lacking, you do not have enough

of it:

Enthusiasm has been sadly lacking the past months at work.

Money was lacking to complete the building.

He is lacking in courage. 他缺乏勇气。

Nothing is lacking but the will.什么都不缺，就缺意志。

2 be lacking in sth to not have a quality:

He's totally lacking in charm.

He is not lacking in intelligence.

Philip was not lacking in ability. （菲力普并不缺少能力。）

His reception of us was lacking in warmth.（他对我们的接待缺少热情。）

Since she is young, she is lacking in experience.由于年轻，她缺乏经验。

[练习]

1. Many of our young workers ___ proper training.?

A. are lacking in B. are lacking C. lack for D. lack in

[A]

2. We tried to ttle the problem with them as soon as possible, but they

emed to____ sincerity.

A. lack of B. be lack of C. lack in D. be lacking

in (D)

3. Though________ money, his parents managed to nd him to university.

A. lacked B. lacking of C. lacking D. lacked

in

<解答> Though lacking money是Though they are lacking money的省略句，其中lack是vt.。

4. Keep him at arm's length, as he is a guy being lacking ______ honesty.

A. of B. on C. in D. about (C)

was another example of _____ experience.

A. a lack of B. lack from C. their lack for D. their

lack of

<解答>.D lack作及物动词时，后面直接用名词或代词做宾语；作不及物动词时常和for连用；作名词时常和of搭配使用。

6. -- What caud the failure of the experiment?

-- _____. (C)

A. Becau of shortage of fund B. For lack of

fund C. Lack of fund D. Due to lack of fund

7. The boss praid the young man for his hard work, though he ____

experience.

A. is lack of B. is lacking in C. lacks of D.

is lacking of

此题答案选B，be lacking in是习语，意为“缺乏”，其后通常接experience,

frankness, courage等抽象名词。选A是错误的，因为lack可用做名词和动词，但不用做形容词；选C是错误的，因为lack用做动词时，它是及物动词，其后不用介词(注：用做名词的 lack后可接介词of)；选D是错误的，因为没有be

lacking of这个搭配。

8. I'm sorry, We're ________that kind of trours. Would you come back

next week?

A. short B. lacking C. in need D. short

of （D）