lack的用法(2)
lack的用法
[練習]1. Many of our young workers ___ proper training.?
A. are lacking in B. are lacking C. lack for D. lack in [A]
2. We tried to settle the problem with them as soon as possible, but they seemed to____ sincerity.
A. lack of B. be lack of C. lack in D. be lacking in (D)
3. Though________ money, his parents managed to send him to university.
A. lacked B. lacking of C. lacking D. lacked in
<解答> Though lacking money是Though they are lacking money的省略句，其中l(wèi)ack是vt.。
4. Keep him at arm's length, as he is a guy being lacking ______ honesty.
A. of B. on C. in D. about (C)
5.That was another example of _____ experience.
A. a lack of B. lack from C. their lack for D. their lack of
<解答>.D lack作及物動詞時，后面直接用名詞或代詞做賓語;作不及物動詞時常和for連用;作名詞時常和of搭配使用。
6. -- What caused the failure of the experiment?
-- _____. (C)
A. Because of shortage of fund B. For lack of fund C. Lack of fund D. Due to lack of fund
7. The boss praised the young man for his hard work, though he ____ experience.
A. is lack of B. is lacking in? C. lacks of D. is lacking of
此題答案選B，be lacking in是習語，意為“缺乏”，其后通常接experience, frankness, courage等抽象名詞。選A是錯誤的，因為lack可用做名詞和動詞，但不用做形容詞;選C是錯誤的，因為lack用做動詞時，它是及物動詞，其后不用介詞(注：用做名詞的 lack后可接介詞of);選D是錯誤的，因為沒有be lacking of這個搭配。
8. I'm sorry, We're ________that kind of trousers. Would you come back next week?
A. short B. lacking C. in need D. short of (D)
[案例1.]
1. He can’t endure the lack of food.
2. He can’t endure a lack of food.
3. He can’t endure lack of food.
Are they all correct?
Yes, they are, but number 3 would not be heard very often, simply because it's not so easy to say smoothly. You need a hard stop between "endure" and "lack," so even if you mean to say that, it tends to come out as "endure-uh lack."
[案例2.]
The authorities declared that because of the war petrol was _____ and had to be rationed (定量供應).
A. inadequate B. rare C. lacked D. scarce
[答] D. scarce. 汽油供不應求，因此必須定量配給。
Scarce(=not available in sufficient quantity, not equal to the demand)不充足的，缺乏的，供不應求的。Inadequate 不適應的，不充分的。
lack vt./vi. (=be without ; not have; have less than enough of) 缺乏;沒有;缺少，例如：
1)He lacks perseverance.(他缺乏堅定性。)
2) Money is lacking for the plan.(此計劃尚缺錢。)
3) He is lacking in courage.(他缺乏勇氣。)
be lacking in 常指缺乏某種品質(zhì)、特點等。
lack作及物動詞時，一般不用被動語態(tài)，故不能選C. lacked.
4)They lacked for nothing.(他們什么也不缺。) 有人認為，lack for是美國英語。