lack
n. 缺乏；短缺；匱乏
vt. && vi. 缺乏；缺少。如：
We can’t buy a new car for lack of money.
我們因為錢不夠，不能買新車。
She completely lacks common sense.
她毫無常識。
We don’t lack for friends.
我們并不缺少朋友。
[注意]
lack用作名詞時常與介詞of連用；用作不及物動詞時，常與介詞for連用，并常用于否定句。
[拓展] be lacking in缺乏……；through/for/from /by lack of 因缺乏……。
[小試] 從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的選項。
1. Though _______ money, his parents managed to send him to university. (上海 2002)
n. 缺乏；短缺；匱乏
vt. && vi. 缺乏；缺少。如：
We can’t buy a new car for lack of money.
我們因為錢不夠，不能買新車。
She completely lacks common sense.
她毫無常識。
We don’t lack for friends.
我們并不缺少朋友。
[注意]
lack用作名詞時常與介詞of連用；用作不及物動詞時，常與介詞for連用，并常用于否定句。
[拓展] be lacking in缺乏……；through/for/from /by lack of 因缺乏……。
[小試] 從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的選項。
1. Though _______ money, his parents managed to send him to university. (上海 2002)