1·The book is completely lacking in originality.
这部书完全没有创意。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·These tasks were repetitive, lengthy and lacking any intrinsic interest.
这些作业重复冗长，没有什么意义。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·The first bite was a pleasant surprise, a little dry and lacking of taste, but at least a wing didn't get stuck in my throat.
第一口吃起来还是很惊喜的，有点干，没有味道，但至少不会有翅膀卡在我的喉咙里。
4·The increased pressures of expanding populations have led to the removal of woody plants, so that many cities and towns are surrounded by large areas completely lacking in trees and shrubs.
人口不断增加所带来的压力促使人们大量砍伐木本植物，因此许多城市和城镇周围的大片地区已经完全没有树木和灌木了。
5·Lacking leadership, they could organize no defence against their oppressors.
没有人领导，他们就无法组织起来反抗压迫者。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
1·I feel there is something lacking in my life.
我觉得我的生活中缺少点什么。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·What is lacking today is the conflict between adolescent's desire for autonomy and their understanding of an unsafe world.
如今所缺少的是青少年对自我管理的渴望和他们对这个不安全的世界的理解所产生的矛盾。
3·Now I knew what was lacking... but how were we to get to that highest level of intimacy now, 20 years later?
现在我知道过去所缺少的…但是20年后的今天我们又将如何达到亲密的最高层次呢？
4·The era privileged elegance and wit in its music above almost all other qualities, and Haydn, despite his rustic origins, was hardly lacking in either.
这个时代所特有的高雅与智慧先于其他一切特质存在于音乐作品之中，尽管是出身乡村的海顿，也绝不缺少这些气质。
5·This leaves a very simple and lightweight design, which is, unfortunately, lacking the fundamental ability to customize the behavior of the user interface and respond to user input.
这样做会使设计变得即简单又轻量，但不幸的是，这种设计的后果是缺少定制用户界面行为及响应用户输入的基本能力。
1·I know I’m lacking in certain areas, and I’d love for your help in rounding out this list.
在某些领域我知道我的不足，我希望能在您的帮助下完成这份清单。
2·But those lacking memory or just sick of accidentally hitting F12 and getting their screen taken over by Dashboard could use a little help.
但是对那些内存不足或仅仅是受不了不小心按到F12就被Dashboard占满了屏幕的人应该有所帮助。
3·But for the same reason, linear mode has the liability of lacking scale in performance compared to RAID-0, RAID-4, RAID-5, and to some extent RAID-1.
但也正是由于这一原因，线性模式与RAID - 0、RAID - 4、RAID - 5相比有性能不足的倾向，在某种程度上也不如RAID - 1。
4·Description: As we mentioned in our Smartphone Showdown, media playback (especially video) on the Android platform is rather lacking.
描述：正如我们在智能手机秀里面提到过的，Android平台上的媒体播放器(尤其是视频)还是显得相当不足。
5·A new report from Georgetown University says under-employment, lacking a job that pays enough, has also been cut sharply, especially for people with college degrees.
乔治城大学一份新的报告称，就业不足，工资不高也大幅减少，特别是对那些拥有大学学历的人来说。