1. 表示“缺乏”,用作名词,是不可数名词;表示某一方面的缺乏,其后接介词 of。如:
Lack of time prevented me from writing. 我因没有时间而没有写信。
Hard work can often make up for lack of intelligence. 苦干常能弥补智力的不足。
有时可与不定冠词连用。如:
There has been a great lack of water this summer. 今年夏天很缺水。
表示“因缺乏……”,通常用介词 because of, for, through 等。如:
I can’t buy it because of my lack of money. 我不能买它是因为没钱。
The plants died for [through] lack of water. 这些植物因为缺水而死了。
2. 用作动词,表示“缺乏”,一般为及物动词,不要受名词用法的影响,在其后用介词 of。如:
他们没钱送他上大学。
The area is in an extreme lack of water resources.
这个地区极度缺乏水资源。
In judging her work, we must make allowance for her lack of experience.
在评定她的工作时, 我们必须体谅她没有经验。
ADJ-GRADED. (举止或行为)愚蠢的,傻的,笨的. If someone's behaviour or action is foolish, it is not sensible and shows a lack of good judgment.
He likes the way Chen Senior overcomes his lack of precious material gifts by asking his sons to sing the Weiyang Song to honour his brother-in-law with a 2000 year old literary accolade.
他欣赏陈老的作法,在没有昂贵礼物时让儿子吟唱《渭阳曲》,以2000年的古老文体向内弟告别。
They lacked for nothing.
他们什么都不缺少。
※People do not lack strength; they lack will. 人们不缺力量,缺的是决心。
※Idle folks lack no excuses. 懒汉辩解,何患无词。