lack

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  • v.缺乏；没有；不足；短缺
  • n.缺乏；短缺；匮乏
  • Web缺少；欠缺
Simple Present：lacks  Present Participle：lacking  Past Tense：lacked  

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lack
n.
1.
[u][sing]
~ (of sth)
缺乏；匮乏；短缺the state of not having sth or not having enough of sth
a lack of food/money/skills
缺乏食物╱金钱╱技能
The trip was cancelled through lack of(= because there was not enough) interest.
因为缺乏兴趣这次旅行被取消了。
There was no lack of volunteers.
志愿者不乏其人。
v.
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lacking
1.
[nopass]
~ sth
没有；缺乏；不足；短缺to have none or not enough of sth
Some houses still lack basic amenities such as bathrooms.
有些住宅仍没有像卫生间这样的基本设施。
He lacks confidence.
他缺乏信心。
She has the determination that her brother lacks.
她有决心，而她弟弟却没有。
IDM
lack (for) nothing
没有欠缺to have everything that you need

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Definition:
AllAll,缺乏缺乏,没有没有,不足不足,短缺短缺,匮乏匮乏,缺少缺少,欠缺欠缺
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1.
The most striking single fact about chimpanzees is the flexibility of their social life, the lack of any rigid form of organization.
黑猩猩最突出的一个特征是它们社会生活的灵活性，即缺乏固定的组织形式。
hēi xīng xīng zuì tū chū de yī gè tè zhēng shì tā men shè huì shēng huó de líng huó xìng , jí quē fá gù dìng de zǔ zhī xíng shì 。
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2.
Overall, I think there was a real lack of understanding of basic economic principles among the Occupiers.
总的来说，我觉得华尔街占领者们缺乏基本的经济常识。
zǒng de lái shuō , wǒ jué de huá ěr jiē zhàn lǐng zhě men quē fá jī běn de jīng jì cháng shí 。
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3.
Lack of it causes half a million children to go blind every year; half of them die within a year as their other organs fail.
维A的缺乏每年导致近50万儿童失明，其中一半的儿童因其他身体器官衰竭而死亡。
wéi A de quē fá měi nián dǎo zhì jìn wǔ shí wàn ér tóng shī míng , qí zhōng yí bàn de ér tóng yīn qí tā shēn tǐ qì guān shuāi jié ér sǐ wáng 。
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4.
One drawback that might be less obvious is the lack of standardization that this encourages.
另一个不太明显的缺点是这种做法不利于标准化。
lìng yī gè bù tài míng xiǎn de quē diǎn shì zhè zhǒng zuò fǎ bù lì yú biāo zhǔn huà 。
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5.
Its Food For Skin report highlights a lack of any robust studies backing up the popular advice that water makes the complexion glow.
该基金会的《为皮肤准备的食物》报告强调指出，水使皮肤发光的流行建议缺乏任何可靠的研究支持。
gāi jī jīn huì de 《 wèi pí fū zhǔn bèi de shí wù 》 bào gào qiáng diào zhǐ chū , shuǐ shǐ pí fū fā guāng de liú xíng jiàn yì quē fá rèn hé kě kào de yán jiū zhī chí 。
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6.
Lack of money handicapped him in his shuttle business rubbisexualshly.
资金缺乏严重影响了他的企业发展。区别。
zī jīn quē fá yán zhòng yǐng xiǎng le tā de qǐ yè fā zhǎn 。 qū bié 。
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7.
A lack of zinc and iron can result in memory lapses, poor concentration, and of course other ailments throughout the body.
锌和铁的缺乏将导致健忘，注意力不集中，以及身体其它部分的疾病。
xīn hé tiě de quē fá jiāng dǎo zhì jiàn wàng , zhù yì lì bù jí zhōng , yǐ jí shēn tǐ qí tā bù fen de jí bìng 。
article.yeeyan.org
8.
However, due to our lack of a genuine sense of the bankruptcy restructuring system, only the implementation of Huarong Asset clean-up.
但由于我国缺乏真正意义上的破产重整制度，华融只能执行资产清理的角色。
dàn yóu yú wǒ guó quē fá zhēn zhèng yì yì shàng de pò chǎn chóng zhěng zhì dù , huá róng zhǐ néng zhí xíng zī chǎn qīng lǐ de jué sè 。
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9.
One of the most surprising of these changes was the lack of support for ActiveSync mailbox policies.
最惊人的这些变更是不支援动态同步信箱原则。
zuì jīng rén de zhè xiē biàn gēng shì bù zhī yuán dòng tài tóng bù xìn xiāng yuán zé 。
technet.microsoft.com
10.
Some of you may sense a bit of frustration from me about the way this movie is being marketed(or lack thereof).
有些人可能会为这部电影的市场推广方式感受到些许的挫折（或者是其中缺少的原因吧）。
yǒu xiē rén kě néng huì wèi zhè bù diàn yǐng de shì chǎng tuī guǎng fāng shì gǎn shòu dào xiē xǔ de cuò zhé ( huò zhě shì qí zhōng quē shǎo de yuán yīn ba ) 。
alive.tom.com