lack的用法(2)
lack的用法
[练习]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lack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作及物动词时，后面直接用名词或代词做宾语;作不及物动词时常和for连用;作名词时常和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
此题答案选B，be lacking in是习语，意为“缺乏”，其后通常接experience, frankness, courage等抽象名词。选A是错误的，因为lack可用做名词和动词，但不用做形容词;选C是错误的，因为lack用做动词时，它是及物动词，其后不用介词(注：用做名词的 lack后可接介词of);选D是错误的，因为没有be lacking of这个搭配。
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 (定量供应).
A. inadequate B. rare C. lacked D. scarce
[答] D. scarce. 汽油供不应求，因此必须定量配给。
Scarce(=not available in sufficient quantity, not equal to the demand)不充足的，缺乏的，供不应求的。Inadequate 不适应的，不充分的。
lack vt./vi. (=be without ; not have; have less than enough of) 缺乏;没有;缺少，例如：
1)He lacks perseverance.(他缺乏坚定性。)
2) Money is lacking for the plan.(此计划尚缺钱。)
3) He is lacking in courage.(他缺乏勇气。)
be lacking in 常指缺乏某种品质、特点等。
lack作及物动词时，一般不用被动语态，故不能选C. lacked.
4)They lacked for nothing.(他们什么也不缺。) 有人认为，lack for是美国英语。