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

• 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？
• He smiled, not wanting to put the man on the defensive.
  他笑了笑，不想让那个人产生抵触情绪。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Generous redundancy terms had triggered a stampede of staff wanting to leave.
  优厚的裁员条件引发了职员争先恐后地要求辞职的现象。
• He went through a period of wanting to be accepted
  有一段时间他很想被人接受。
• She's always on the phone, wanting to know what I've been up to.
  她老来电话，想知道我在做什么。
• He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government.
  他指责反对派企图颠覆政府。
• Fred has given me no good reason for wanting to break up our marriage.
  弗雷德没能给我一个想要结束我们婚姻的正当理由。