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wanting adj.不足的；短缺的prep.缺；少动词want的现在分词. (1) 他举止没有礼貌。(2) 这本书缺了几页。 If you forget the sugar in your chocolate chip cookies, you'll find them wanting when you taste them. Likewise, if your favorite team's defense is wanting, they're likely to lose the basketball game. Wanting, which was originally wantand, comes from the verb want, "to be lacking." This definition pre-dated the now more common "to wish for" by 500 years.

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英 ['wɒntɪŋ] 美 ['wɑːntɪŋ] (1) His behavior was wanting in courtesy.(2) A few pages of this book are wanting. If something's wanting, there's not enough of something necessary in it. If your essay is wanting, it's missing something important and won't get an A. Try adding body paragraphs. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不够格的；未达到应有水准的 If you find something or someone wanting, they are not of as high a standard as you think they should be.   [v-link ADJ]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。

英语单词	wanting
英美音标	英 ['wɒntɪŋ] 美 ['wɑːntɪŋ]
中文释义	adj.不足的；短缺的 prep.缺；少动词want的现在分词.
英语例句	(1) His behavior was wanting in courtesy. (2) A few pages of this book are wanting.
中文例句	(1) 他举止没有礼貌。 (2) 这本书缺了几页。
vocabulary简明	If something's wanting, there's not enough of something necessary in it. If your essay is wanting, it's missing something important and won't get an A. Try adding body paragraphs.
vocabulary扩展	If you forget the sugar in your chocolate chip cookies, you'll find them wanting when you taste them. Likewise, if your favorite team's defense is wanting, they're likely to lose the basketball game. Wanting, which was originally wantand, comes from the verb want, "to be lacking." This definition pre-dated the now more common "to wish for" by 500 years.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不够格的；未达到应有水准的 If you find something or someone wanting, they are not of as high a standard as you think they should be. [v-link ADJ] 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。

Wanting Find Found 英 Wɒntɪŋ] 美 Wɑːntɪŋ Adj.不足的；短缺的 Prep.缺；少