But it lacked financial support. Mary said the lack of support was because of "good men's fear of greatness in women."

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Reason, although it was employed for all sorts of practical and intellectual purposes in some of these cultures, it still lacked independence from religion and it lacked the high status to challenge the most basic received ideas.

尽管在这些文化中,理性在只是理论上,实际活动中都有被利用,但是它始终无法与宗教割裂,地位也很低,而不被大多数人接受

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

And the idea is that you discovered at some point in your development that you lacked a penis.

这个观点认为,女性会在发育的某个时期,发现自身缺少阴茎。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The popular story is that rich families in Denver society did not accept them because they had been poor and lacked education.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

The greenhorn lacked the skills he would need to live in the hard,rough country.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

This year's vote lacked the suspense of some previous elections, because all five candidates were unopposed and succeeded in getting the two-thirds majority required in the first round of secret ballots.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

The men were released after the British High Court decided that the UK lacked jurisdiction to try the suspects and that the suspects would not receive a fair trial in Rwanda and therefore could not be extradited.

VOA: standard.2009.04.10