lack: [12] The word lack is not known to have existed in Old English, although it is by no means impossible that it did. If it was a borrowing, a possible source would have been Middle Dutch lak ‘deficiency, fault’. This has been traced back to a prehistoric Germanic *lak-, a variant of which produced English leak. => leak
lack (n.)
c. 1300, "absence, want; shortage, deficiency," perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *lac, or else borrowed from Middle Dutch lak "deficiency, fault;" in either case from Proto-Germanic *laka- (cognates: Old Frisian lek "disadvantage, damage," Old Norse lakr "lacking"), from PIE *leg- "to dribble, trickle" (see leak (v.)). Middle English also had lackless "without blame or fault."
lack (v.)
late 12c., perhaps from Middle Dutch laken "to be wanting," from lak (n.) "deficiency, fault," or an unrecorded native cognate word (see lack (n.)). Related: Lacked; lacking.
雙語例句
1. Lack of exercise can lead to feelings of depression and exhaustion.
缺乏鍛煉會導致抑郁和疲勞。
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2. Despite his lack of experience, he got the job.
他雖然經驗不足，但還是獲得了這份工作。
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3. There's a lack of fussiness about the way he works.
他工作時不會過分注重細節(jié)。
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4. She wrinkled her nose, piqued by his total lack of enthusiasm.
她皺皺鼻子，為他毫無熱情而感到不快。
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5. There's always a lack of consistency in matters of foreign policy.