She seemed to be lacking in frankness.

她似乎不够坦率。

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Quite frankly, I found existing open source solutions to be lacking in various ways.

坦率地说，我认为目前的开放源码解决方案在几个方面存在欠缺。

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When a dish seems to be lacking something and you've already seasoned it with salt, sometimes what's missing is acid.

当一道菜看似来似乎缺少某些东西时，而你已经用盐来调过味了，有时候你缺少的是一些酸。

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For this reason,he says, air searches would need to be done in areas where the climate is dry or plants lacking altogether.

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These are students who felt under enormous pressure to perform, and I want to underscore the word 'perform,' as opposed to 'learn.'" She says the hardest lesson for society may be that young people will grow up lacking interest in learning.

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"The Americans want to distance Damascus from Tehran, plus,the Syrians are lacking in credibility to be used as mediators.

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Lin had no experience as a restaurateur, and the chef proved to be lacking in talent.

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The case became controversial after several eye-witnesses changed their testimonies and evidence against Davis appeared to be lacking.

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But serious moves to tackle the mountain of bad loans in the banking system are thought to be lacking.

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