lacking

lacking
adjective
  1. [predic.]not available or in short supply
    缺乏的,不足的
    adequate resources and funds are both sadly lacking at present.
    充足的资源和资金目前都十分缺乏。
    ■(of a quality) missing or absent
    (性质)缺少的,没有的
    there was something lacking in our marriage.
    我们的婚姻中缺少点什么。
    ■deficient or inadequate
    不完善的,不充分的
    the students are not lacking in intellectual ability.
    学生们智力不是不完善。
    workers were asked in what way they found their managers lacking.
    工人们被问到管理人员哪些方面不适当。
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