| 释义 | lacking adjective
 uk /ˈlæk.ɪŋ/ us /ˈlæk.ɪŋ/
 be lacking
 C2
 If something that you need is lacking, you do not have enough of it: 缺少,缺乏
 Enthusiasm has been sadly lacking these past months at work.在过去的这几个月里大家的工作热情严重不足。
 be lacking in something
 C1
 to not have a quality: 缺少(某种素质),缺乏(某种因素)
 He's totally lacking in charm.他一点儿魅力都没有。
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Scarce, inadequate and not enough
 be at a premiumidiom
 be thin on the groundidiom
 chronic shortage
 dearth
 dearth of something
 gold dust
 insufficiently
 lack
 like gold dustidiom
 long on something and short on somethingidiom
 lousy
 meagre
 scarcity
 scrubby
 shortage
 shortfall
 shortness
 shy
 skinny
 thin
 
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