缺

to lack; to be short of

t͡ɕʰ y̯ ɛ ⁵ ⁵
verb Uncommon #5,791
to lack; to be short of Used when a person or thing needed is missing or insufficient.
CH: 我们缺食物。
EN: We’re short of food.

阿炳来过很多信说那边缺人手,要我去帮他忙

A-Bing has written many letters saying they’re short-staffed over there and asking me to go help him.

— 花样年华 (2000)

到底缺了什么?

What exactly is missing?

— 梦幻之地 (1989)

缺一把勺子。

There’s a spoon missing.

好像这里缺了一页

It looks like a page is missing here.

— 亚特兰蒂斯:失落的帝国 (2001)

有一页缺了。

One page is missing.

反正我们缺食物

We’re short on food anyway.

— 女巫 (2016)

我们能怎么帮忙我们缺资金

How can we help? We’re short on funds.

— 莫斯科不相信眼泪 (1980)

你有缺什么吗?

Is there anything you need?

— A Sun (2019)

缺多少

How much are you short?

— I Am What I Am (2021)

咱们这儿缺粉笔

We’re out of chalk here.

— 一个都不能少 (1999)

就真的没有缺啊!

There really was nothing missing!

— 海角七号 (2008)

这里只缺一间酒馆

The only thing missing here is a tavern.

— 奥本海默 (2023)

我都不至于偷汉堡你这么缺现金吗?

I wouldn’t go so far as to steal a hamburger. Are you really that short on cash?

— 生吃 (2017)

就是不知道缺多少才可怕

The scary part is not knowing how much is missing.

— I Am What I Am (2021)

不过这里不是缺了谁就不行

But it’s not as though things fall apart if anyone’s missing here.

— 放牛班的春天 (2004)

我们缺一个人哦

We're one person short.

— I Am What I Am (2021)

他们缺的就是你肚子里这孩子

What they’re missing is the baby you’re carrying.

— 朱诺 (2007)

怎么会没缺

How could it not be missing?

— 海角七号 (2008)

我听说那里缺废物

I heard they’re short on waste there.

— 小萝莉的猴神大叔 (2015)

我那些船主同行和他们的双桅船迟早也会缺绳索,而我可以用个好价钱供货。

Sooner or later, my fellow shipowners and their schooners will run short of rope, and I can supply it at a good price.

只在缺守门员时叫我

Only call me when you're short of a goalkeeper.

— 完美陌生人 (2016)

香港去年物资最缺什么有哪一些上海买不到

What supplies were most scarce in Hong Kong last year, and which ones couldn’t be bought in Shanghai?

— 色‧戒 (2007)

我缺刷子,

I’m missing a brush.

— 虎口脱险 (1966)

我们缺男士

We're short on men.

— 莫斯科不相信眼泪 (1980)

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