缺

• Water is short at this time of year .
  每年这个时候缺水。
• Two pages are missing from this book .
  这本书缺了两页。
• The rim of the teacup is chipped .
  茶碗缺了个口儿。
• Food deficits were widening and famine was unfolding .
  缺粮范围不断扩大，饥荒在蔓延。
• The mouth of the jar was chipped .
  罐子的口缺了。
• He is out of funds at present .
  目前他手头缺钱。
• He would have come with us but that he had no money .
  他要不是因为缺钱，就跟我们一起来了。
• Cold is the privation of heat .
  冷就是缺热性。
• My father was faint for want of water and fell to the ground .
  父亲由于缺水，昏过去倒在地上。
• The flowers need watering .
  这花儿缺水。