wanting

英 [ˈwɒntɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɑːntɪŋ]

adj.  缺少; 缺乏; 不足; 欠缺; 不够好; 不令人满意
v.  要; 想要; 希望; 需要; 需要…在场
want的现在分词

现在分词：wanting　

BNC.13677 / COCA.13860

牛津词典

adj.

• 缺少；缺乏；不足
  not having enough of sth
  1. The students were certainly not wanting in enthusiasm.
     学生们当然不乏热情。
• 欠缺；不够好；不令人满意
  not good enough
  1. This explanation is wanting in many respects.
     这一解释在很多方面不能令人满意。
  2. The new system was tried and found wanting .
     这一新系统经测试发现不够好。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不够格的;未达到应有水准的
  If you find something or someonewanting, they are not of as high a standard as you think they should be.
  1. He analysed his game and found it wanting...
     他分析了他的比赛，发现还有待改进。
  2. Eleanor was scrutinized, too, and often found wanting...
     埃莉诺也被详细审查，结论经常是不够格。
  3. He is wanting in moral constraints.
     他缺少道德约束。

英英释义

adj

• nonexistent
  1. the thumb is absent
  2. her appetite was lacking
  Synonym:lackingabsentmissing

双语例句

• Wanting fidelity implies you're thinking about a major relationship.
  要求忠诚意味着你想发展一段严肃认真的恋爱关系。
• His book, while truthful, is wanting in excitement.
  他的书写得非常真实，但兴味索然。
• I've been wanting to taste it for a long time.
  我好久就想尝尝它了。
• He said he didn't like the president, but not to the extent of wanting to kill him
  他说他不喜欢总统，但是还没有到想要刺杀他的地步。
• The Education Secretary accuses teachers of wanting to return to a dark age.
  教育部长指责教师想要回到愚昧时代。
• Without wanting to sound mean about it, these things all have to come from a budget.
  我并不想显得小气，但所有这些东西都必须从预算中开支。
• There is a lack of people wanting to start up new businesses.
  有创业意愿的人非常匮乏。
• What he wants is a switch to a market economy in a way which does not reduce people's standard of living. To many this sounds like wanting to have his cake and eat it.
  他想要转型为市场经济，同时又不降低人们的生活水平。在许多人看来，这是想要鱼与熊掌兼得。
• What's wrong with his wanting to sell his land and move on?
  他想卖掉土地离开这里，这有什么错呢？
• Racist jokes come from wanting to put down other kinds of people we feel threatened by.
  开种族主义色彩的玩笑是因为我们想羞辱那些对我们构成了威胁的其他种族。