一道世界级英语语法难题,折磨我好几天了,寝食难安,我愿悬赏100,决不食言!请看下面一句话,Youneednotworryifyoulackmoney,本句出自课本.试问,为什么不用lackof而用lack,.

Question

一道世界级英语语法难题,折磨我好几天了,寝食难安,我愿悬赏100,决不食言!
请看下面一句话,You need not worry if you lack money,本句出自课本.试问,为什么不用lack of 而用lack,.

Answer 1

lack这个词可以是动词,也可以是名词.
作为动词它一般是及物的,不及物用法很少.所以像上面的句子作为动词时,后面不能加介词.
lack作为名词时,经常用a lack of,the lack of.
所以上面的句子如果写成lack of,lack当名词用时,应该这样：
You need not worry if there's a lack of money in you.
You need not worry about your lack of money.
例句：
Despite his lack of experience,he got the job.
他虽然经验不足,但还是获得了这份工作.
He's always harping about lack of discipline.
他总是抱怨缺少纪律.