lack(ing)
1.lack是名词和动词,不是形容词,如不可说He is lack of experience,该改作He lacks experience。这里的lacks是及物动词。在用作不及物动词时lack现在只用现在分词lacking。这个lacking用作形容词,它有两个意思:“缺乏(某物)的”和“(某物)缺乏的”,如I am lacking in strength和Strength is lacking。注意第一句里lacking后面用in。lacking in ... 后面所接的名词通常是抽象名词,如strength,courage,perfection,interest,humour和variety。
2.There is no lack of ...(有很多的…)里总是用is(或was),而不用are(或were),不论of后面的名词是单数或复数。例如:There is no lack of literature on this subject. 和There is no lack of books on this subject.
3.for lack of(因缺乏…)里没有the。
4.lack可作“不足”或“没有”解。例如:
- He cannot do this work for lack(作“不足”或“没有”解)of skill.
- He cannot do this work because he lacks(作“不足”或“没有”解)skill.
- He cannot do this work because he is lacking(作“不足”或“没有”解)in skill.
- Skill is lacking(作“没有”解).
下面两句当然都是说“没有”,而不是说“不足”:
- Lack of a fire keeps the room cold.
- The house lacks a kitchen.