- lacking (in something)
having none or not enough of something 没有;匮乏;缺乏;不足 She's not usually lacking in confidence. 她平时并不缺乏自信心。 The film is sorely lacking in originality. 这部电影非常缺乏原创性。 He was taken on as a teacher but was found lacking (= was thought not to be good enough). 他获聘为教师,能力却显得一般。
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not present or not available synonym missing不在场;得不到 I feel there is something lacking in my life. 我觉得我的生活中缺少点什么。 - lacking from something
the passion sadly lacking from his performance 他的表演缺乏激情,令人遗憾
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- seem
- …
- seriously
- severely
- altogether
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- from
- in