缺乏

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verb★Intermediate

formal

To lack or be deficient in something, especially a necessary quality or resource.

他缺乏自信，不敢尝试新事物。

He lacks confidence and doesn't dare to try new things.

这个地区缺乏医疗资源。

This region lacks medical resources.

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Often used to describe a shortage or absence of something important.

Collocations

缺乏经验lack experience缺乏资金lack funds缺乏安全感lack a sense of security

缺乏安全感phrase

to lack a sense of security

缺乏经验phrase

to lack experience

'缺乏' is often followed by a noun or noun phrase to specify what is lacking.

While '缺乏' is neutral, '缺少' is slightly more informal and colloquial.

Composed of '缺' (lack) and '乏' (exhausted or insufficient), emphasizing a state of deficiency.

Commonly used in both formal and informal contexts to describe a lack of something essential.

缺

lack

root

乏

exhausted or insufficient

root

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