wanting

adj.

1. 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。
2. 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。

1. ADJ-GRADED 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.
   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。

1. 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。
2. What he wants is a switch to a market economy in a way which does not reduce people's standard of living. To many this sounds like wanting to have his cake and eat it.
   他想要转型为市场经济，同时又不降低人们的生活水平。在许多人看来，这是想要鱼与熊掌兼得。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. He said he didn't like the president, but not to the extent of wanting to kill him
   他说他不喜欢总统，但是还没有到想要刺杀他的地步。
6. 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。
7. Everyone thinks there is some vast conspiracy wanting to hold down the younger generation.
   大家都认为有一个想压制年轻一代的大阴谋。
8. The telephone exchange has been jammed all day with people wanting to buy season tickets.
   很多人想买季票，电话总机一天到晚忙个不停。
9. He had many motives for wanting to knock off Yvonne
   他有很多杀伊冯娜的动机。
10. There is a lack of people wanting to start up new businesses.
    有创业意愿的人非常匮乏。
11. One opposition member of parliament accuses the government of wanting to be above the law
    议会一名反对党议员指责政府意图凌驾于法律之上。
12. I've been wanting to have a little talk with you.
    我一直想找机会跟你谈几句。
13. I have been made to feel a social and psychological misfit for not wanting children.
    因为不想要孩子，让我感到自己在社会和心理上与别人格格不入。
14. 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？
15. He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government.
    他指责反对派企图颠覆政府。
16. Wanting other friends doesn't mean you don't love your partner.
    想交其他朋友并不意味着你不爱你的伴侣。
17. He went through a period of wanting to be accepted
    有一段时间他很想被人接受。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.
    我犹豫了，不想说同事的坏话。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. He analysed his game and found it wanting
    他分析了他的比赛，发现还有待改进。
25. 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。
26. He is wanting in moral constraints.
    他缺少道德约束。
27. I've been wanting to taste it for a long time.
    我好久就想尝尝它了。
28. He is wanting in courtesy.
    他缺乏礼貌。
29. His book, while truthful, is wanting in excitement.
    他的书写得非常真实，但兴味索然。
30. Whomever created it-and I am wanting to honour this.
    是谁创造了它和我想要的荣誉。

adj

1. nonexistent
   1. the thumb is absent
   2. her appetite was lacking

   Synonym:    lackingabsentmissing