lack

eksiklik, yetersizlik

Gerekli bir şeyin hiç bulunmaması veya yeterince olmaması.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A situation in which something needed is missing or there is not enough of it.

• A lack of sleep makes me tired.
• They cancelled the trip because of a lack of money.
• The report shows a serious lack of evidence.

Nasıl kullanılır: a lack of something (A lack of water damaged the crops.); for lack of something (The project stopped for lack of money.)

Eş anlamlılar: shortage, absence, deficiency

Zıt anlamlılar: abundance

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: lack of money, lack of sleep, for lack of, lack of support

yoksun olmak, eksik olmak

Bir şeye hiç sahip olmamak veya gerektiği kadar sahip olmamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To have none of something, or less than you need.

• I lack the time to cook.
• The team lacked experience but worked hard.
• Does the report lack important details?

Nasıl kullanılır: lack something (We lack the equipment to repair it.)

Eş anlamlılar: be without, be short of

Zıt anlamlılar: have

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: lack confidence, lack experience, lack the resources, lack for nothing

gafil olmak, hazırlıksız olmak

Tehlikeye karşı hazırlıklı olmamak veya dikkatini tehlikeden uzaklaştırmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To be unprepared or not watching for danger.

• You can't lack around here.
• They caught him lacking on the street.
• She stays alert so nobody catches her lacking.

Nasıl kullanılır: catch someone lacking (His rivals caught him lacking outside the club.)

Eş anlamlılar: be off guard, be unprepared

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: never lack, don't lack