The performance lacked sparkle.

这场演出缺少亮点。

He just lacked that extra zing.

他就是缺少那么一点儿活力。

He lacked profundity and analytical precision.

他缺乏深度和分析的精确性。

His music lacked that vital spark of imagination.

他的音乐缺乏那关键的一点想像力。

He was inept and lacked the intelligence to govern.

他无能而且缺乏管理才干。

They lacked the wherewithal to pay for the repairs.

他们缺少维修费。

He lacked the judgment and political acumen for the post of chairman.

他缺少作为主席的判断力和政治敏锐性。

They lacked the scientific personnel to develop the technical apparatus much further.

他们缺少进一步研发这些技术设备的科技人员。

The committee lacked a correct estimate of his ability.

委员会对他的能力缺乏正确的评价。

He was just about to make one last offer, but he lacked the courage to do so.

他正要提出最后一个建议，但他还缺乏勇气。

Because early Earth lacked oxygen in its atmosphere, it also lacked a protective ozone barrier.

因为早期的地球大气中缺乏氧气，所以也缺乏起保护作用的臭氧层屏障。

I believe Mike struck home when he said what the employees of the company lacked was a sense of belonging.

我相信当迈克说公司员工缺乏归属感时，他切中了要害。

The premise was that the common law of contract lacked sufficient safeguards for workers against arbitrary conduct by management.

其前提是，普通合同法缺乏使劳动者不受管理层随意行为影响的充分保障。

Most fared poorly in school not because they lacked ability but because they found school unchallenging and consequently lost interest.

大多数人在学校表现不佳不是因为他们缺乏能力，而是因为他们觉得学校没有挑战性，因此失去了兴趣。

The Little Three studios—Universal, Columbia and United Artists—also made pictures, but each lacked one of the crucial elements of vertical integration.

“三小片厂”——环球、哥伦比亚和联美——也拍图片，但都缺少垂直整合的关键元素。

Now the dominant view in traditional art is that Roman artists lacked creativity and skill especially compared to the Greek artists who came before them.

现在在传统艺术中占主导地位的观点是，罗马艺术家缺乏创造力和技巧，与他们之前的希腊艺术家相比更是如此。

Because no modern land animals even approach sauropod size, scientists have also lacked a living analogue to use as a guide to possible sauropod behavior.

因为现代陆地动物的体型都比不上蜥脚类动物，科学家们也缺乏一种类似的活物参考以了解蜥脚类动物可能做出的行为。

The ancestors of plants were photosynthetic single-celled organisms that gave rise to plants presumably lacked true roots, stems, leaves, and complex reproductive structures such as flowers.

植物的祖先是进行光合作用的单细胞生物，由此产生的植物可能缺乏真正的根、茎、叶和复杂的生殖结构，如花朵。

Similarly, Louis Hartz, who sometimes disagreed with the Progressives, argued that Americans accepted laissez-faire capitalism without challenge because they lacked a feudal, precaptialist past.

同样，与进步派观点相左的路易斯·哈茨认为，美国人之所以能够毫无异议地接受自由放任的资本主义，是因为他们缺乏封建的、前资本主义的历史。

The players lacked the killer instinct.

这些运动员缺乏门前的嗅觉。

It lacked the power of the Italian cars.

它没有意大利汽车那样的动力。

She lacked any inclination for housework.

她一点都没有兴趣做家务。

The team lacked fluency during the first half.

该队在上半场打得不够流畅。

He said he agreed but his voice lacked conviction.

他说他赞同，但语气不坚定。

It was a very polished performance, but it lacked soul.

这场演出技艺很精湛，但缺少真挚的情感。

Somehow, though, their latest CD has a focus that the others have lacked.

但是，不管怎么说，他们的最新激光唱片具备别人没有的诉求点。

I have never known an outstanding man who lacked either.

我从未见过优秀的人会缺乏这两种品质。

He lacked trained scientists and equipment.

他没有受过训练的科学家和设备。

The whale retained a tail and lacked a fluke, the major means of locomotion in modern cetaceans.

这种鲸保留了尾巴，没有现代水生鲸类动物用于行动的主要部位，尾片。

By 1908, the United States was the only industrial nation in the world that lacked workers' compensation insurance.

1908年以前，美国是世界上唯一一个没有工人赔偿保险的工业国家。