各位親愛的朋友們，歡迎再次乘坐話說地道美語的航班，我是此航班乘務(wù)長(zhǎng)Juliet。在本次航程中，我將要聊的是我們上回說到的美國(guó)親少年是如何找工作的段落中的2個(gè)關(guān)鍵詞。一個(gè)是lack，另一個(gè)是confident。

【短文回顧】

At first, teenagers have cold feet because they lack confidence to go job hunting. They often find a friend who has a job and ask for advice. If they are lucky, their friend will help them get their foot in the door where he works.

【詞源解說】

Lack是1200年左右進(jìn)入英語，直接源自古英語的lac。

【詞性】

它作為名詞和動(dòng)詞，leading是氣形容詞。

【名詞語法用法】

Lack作為名詞，要表示“缺乏”“匱乏”“短缺”的意思時(shí)，通常和介詞of搭配，即：lack of。我們來看下面的例句來看具體如何用：

Eg. The accused got off scot-free because of lack of evidence.由於證據(jù)不足，被告未受懲罰。

注解：Scot-free是一個(gè)副詞，意思是不受處罰地, 平安地等等。它通常與escape或者是get off連用作為一個(gè)習(xí)慣用語，即：go off /escape scot-free 意思是免納稅款，免受懲罰，免遭損害，安然逃脫，逍遙法外。

Eg. The project had to be abandoned for lack of funds.工程因資金匱乏只得放棄。

注解：abandon放棄 for lack of funds =because of lack of funds

Eg. The trip was cancelled through lack of interest.這次旅行因缺乏興趣而被取消了。

注解：through lack of interest= because there was not enough interest）

Eg. Her decision seems to show a lack of political judgement.她的決定似乎顯示出缺乏政治判斷力。

注解：show a lack of 顯示出缺乏......

【動(dòng)詞語法運(yùn)用】

Lack 作為動(dòng)詞，它后面直接接名詞。

Eg. She has the determination that her brother lacks. 她有這決心，但是他兄弟缺乏這決心。

Eg. They lacked the money to send him to university. 他們沒錢送他上大學(xué)。

lack for nothing

It means " to have anything that you have". It is an idiom.中文意思是應(yīng)有盡有，不缺乏東西。

Eg. As the only child of wealthy parents, he lacks for nothing. 有錢人家的小孩是應(yīng)有盡有。

【形容詞語法運(yùn)用】

Lacking 是形容詞。It means "not be available when needed ". 中文意思是不敷所需。

Eg. Money for the project is still lacking.進(jìn)行這個(gè)項(xiàng)目的錢還沒有著落。

Eg. He was taken on as a teacher, but he was found lacking. 他被聘用為老師，但是發(fā)覺他能力卻一般。（find sb +adj. ）

作為形容詞，要表示缺乏的意思，要與介詞in連用，即：be lacking in sth 。它的意思是“not have enough of sth”。中文意思是不足，不夠。

Eg. The film was lacking in pace. 這部影片不緊湊。

Eg. She was not usually lacking in money. 她平時(shí)不缺錢。

（to be continued）