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缺乏的
  • [quēfáde]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

缺乏的 [quēfáde]
  1. 1. adjective deficient; inadequate; devoid

Examples

现在许多京剧流派都缺乏优秀的传人,这对京剧的发展很不利。
Now, many schools of Beijing Opera are lacking good people to carry on the skills, which poses a grave problem for the development of Beijing Opera.
他的文章是胡编乱造的,所以缺乏生动性。
His article is made up, so it lacks vitality.
她是个算盘珠似的人,从来做事都是缺乏主动性的。
She is a passive person like an abacus, lacking initiative in everything.
缺乏微量元素的植物是不容易长好的。
It's hard for plants that lack trace elements to grow well.
他俩结婚缺乏感情基础,是双方家长硬把他们捏合在一起的。
Their marriage was not a love match; it was their parents who brought them together against their wishes.
他的发言缺乏深度。
His speech lacks depth.
发生这样的事故绝非偶然,都是工作人员平时太缺乏安全意识了!
This kind of accident is not accidental at all. It is all because that working staff lack safety awareness in their daily work.
现在的有些电视剧,情节夸诞,缺乏生活中的真实性。
Some TV shows are full of exaggeration and lack trueness to life.
这孩子从小就体弱多病,这都是缺乏体育锻炼造成的。
The child has a weak constitution and is struck ill from time to time. Lack of exercise is part of the reason.
你的想法很具体,只不过缺乏现实性。
Your ideas are quite specific, but they are not realistic.

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