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- The students were certainly not wanting in enthusiasm.
学生们当然不乏热情。
- The students were certainly not wanting in enthusiasm.
- 欠缺；不够好；不令人满意
not good enough- This explanation is wanting in many respects.
这一解释在很多方面不能令人满意。 - The new system was tried and found wanting .
这一新系统经测试发现不够好。
- This explanation is wanting in many respects.
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.- He analysed his game and found it wanting...
他分析了他的比赛，发现还有待改进。 - 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。 - He is wanting in moral constraints.
他缺少道德约束。
- He analysed his game and found it wanting...
英英释义
adj
双语例句
- 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。 - He went through a period of wanting to be accepted
有一段时间他很想被人接受。 - There is a lack of people wanting to start up new businesses.
有创业意愿的人非常匮乏。 - 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。 - Whomever created it-and I am wanting to honour this.
是谁创造了它和我想要的荣誉。 - 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。 - He is wanting in courtesy.
他缺乏礼貌。 - 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。 - He tried to tidy up, not wanting the maid to see the disarray
他试图收拾一下，不想让女佣看见那里乱七八糟。 - 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。