喜樂美語

核心畫面

A hole where something ought to be. English lets you point at that hole from either side: from the person or thing that has it, or from the piece that is not there.

可以想成一個「本來該有、卻空著」的缺口。這個字的兩個用法，其實是站在缺口的兩邊看同一件事。一邊看的是「有缺口的那個人…更多收起可以想成一個「本來該有、卻空著」的缺口。這個字的兩個用法，其實是站在缺口的兩邊看同一件事。一邊看的是「有缺口的那個人或那樣東西」，另一邊看的是「不見的那一塊」。英文只是換了主詞，缺口還是同一個。看懂這一點，兩個句型就不用分開背。

One branch

從兩邊看同一個缺口

兩個意思共用同一個畫面，差別只在誰被放在主詞的位置。

adjective · B2

If a person or a thing is lacking in something, they do not have enough of it, or do not have any of it at all. The missing part is usually a good quality such as confidence, experience, detail or flavour.

缺乏（某特質）

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

lackingnoun/ˈlækɪŋ/

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    The absence of something that is desirable or otherwise ought to be present.

    • Cagliostro, however, whatever his moral lackings, did not lack spirit; he was not the man to succumb to this kind of coercion.

lackingadj/ˈlækɪŋ/

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    Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).

    • This cheese is lacking in pungency.
    • The team was lacking in stamina and lost the match decidedly.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。