The students were certainly not wanting in enthusiasm.

学生们当然不乏热情。

《牛津词典》

Some of these poems were so wanting in restraint both of thought and language that I could not bear the idea of their being written by a woman.

这本诗集中有好几首诗，无论是在思想感情还是语言文字上，都那样地欠缺抑制。因此，我拒绝承认这是妇女写的。

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But its regulations were recently found wanting by the Delhi High Court, which then banned bags in markets and shops, as well as hotels, hospitals and malls.

但是德里高级法院最近发现这个规定变得很急需，于是下令在市场和商店禁用塑料袋，还有旅馆，医院和购物广场。

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So if you were wanting a pretty precise number on how many calories are in a food, you'd send it to a lab.

所以如果想要一个精确的,食物所含卡路里的数值,就把食物送到实验室

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"We know where we were left wanting in the first Test and we have made selections aimed at improving those areas on Saturday, " said coach Warren Gatland.

BBC: Hook & Roberts switch Wales roles

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He said there were several reasons for wanting to give victims more say in how offenders were punished.

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