Lacking的意思|Lacking的解释-里氏词典

lacking [læk]

a. 缺乏的, 不足的

lacking

[ adj ]

inadequate in amount or degree

<adj.all>

a deficient education

deficient in common sense

lacking in stamina

tested and found wanting

nonexistent

<adj.all>

the thumb is absent

her appetite was lacking

Lack \Lack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacked} (l[a^]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Lacking}.]
1. To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.]

Love them and lakke them not. --Piers
Plowman.

2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.
--James i. 5.

Strommen said the West is severely lacking in moisture from reduced snowpack during the winter, which resulted in "well-below-normal" reservoir levels in much of the region, including Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Nevada.
The case against him, lacking sufficient evidence for a retrial, was dropped.
DeConcini also attacked Bush's performance as head of the National Narcotics Border Interdiction System, which he said was "an organization of half-empty offices lacking organization" that failed in its drug-fighting goals.
Furthermore, off-year elections seldom have been a barometer of the presidential contests that followed, even when they delivered the kind of clear, partisan verdict that was lacking this time.
"It seems that ethical education of researchers is rather lacking," noted writer Seiichi Murase in a commentary to the Mainichi Shimbun daily.
Lacking snow in a mild winter, officials are trucking it in, and lacking sunlight at 4 a.m., they're setting up flood lights.
Therein might very well lie the reason why their children appear to be lacking in "good character." William B. Smith Springdale, Ark.
Along the way, Mr. Abboud, 58 years old, gained a reputation for being abrasive and lacking "people skills," a tag that seems to stick harder to him the more he denies it.
In a parting shot, von Raab accused the federal government of lacking the commitment to win the war on drugs.
The combined companies are hoping that Mr. Hennessey will be able to provide the unifying leadership that has been lacking.
In a statement, Mr. Weaver, who now runs his own marketing company, Gordon Weaver Enterprises, said the allegations were "unsupported" and "utterly lacking in credibility."
Bobby Joe is a biblical scholar totally lacking in the star quality his father used to turn his little church into a television empire.
By the mid-1940s 'plotland' had become a rural slum, lacking proper roads, sewage or water supply.
Coverage from Medicaid, the federal health-care program for the poor, and other sources such as private insurance is often lacking, doesn't always pay for such necessities as home nurses, and varies from state to state.
That stigma, which would lump him with, among other offenders, musicians who have entertained segregated audiences, would brand Mr. Simon as lacking social conscience and prevent him from performing in countries that strongly support the boycott.
The dollar ended slightly higher after drifting without direction in dull European trading Wednesday, with the market lacking any fresh news on which to trade.
Written in a matter of weeks, the analysis was distributed to cabinet secretaries and the White House, but was sharply criticized months later by an internal CIA study that found the work "spotty" and lacking balance.
But, like him again, she is also limited in her education and her social vision, seems lacking conspicuously in imagination and flair, and is conservative enough to regard most change as change for the worse.
She said more than half of all children of working parents are cared for in facilities that are unregulated, and as a result, national data is lacking.
Traders said index-linked buying, which has boosted the market during the past few weeks, was largely lacking Friday. Rumors that the Bank of Japan would cut its discount rate Friday proved false, further deflating the stock market's energy.
Samuel Wurtz said in an interview at the jail that the current leaders have no right to authority because their moral leadership is lacking.
The amphibious ships, due to arrive in about a week, can sleep more than 1,000 people each _ precisely the type of support that state officials have found lacking as they face the task of cleaning the rocky coast.
Also, he said, the attraction of country homes is their valuable furnishings, historic collections that risk being broken up and sold off by new owners lacking a sense of heritage.
In contrast to his earlier aversion to criticizing Democratic rivals, Jackson is portraying Dukakis as an uninspiring candiate who is lacking a clear commitment to reverse Reagan's economic programs.
Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa, criticized Reagan's news-conference comment as "very insensitive and lacking any sense of history. This is an issue of democracy.
Salem Village (now Danvers) was the agricultural hinterland of the thriving port of Salem, a dependent region lacking proper institutions and struggling even to create its own church.
But it also found those who abstained were anxious, emotionally constricted and lacking in social skills, compared with experimenters.
That special feeling of a land eternal and tranquil, the heart of what On Wenlock Edge is all about, was almost wholly lacking. Almost, because it surfaced in the penultimate song, 'Bredon Hill'.
While lacking in legal or practical sense, the suit at least made political sense when it was first filed.
Where episodes are lacking, the networks would probably have to air reruns and movies, which could help profits in the short run by reducing the cost of programming, analysts said.

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