缺少

• 拼音: quē shǎo
• 汉字拆解: 缺 = 缶 (jar) + 夬 (break), meaning lacking; 少 = 小 (small) with a stroke removed, meaning few or little

含义

To lack; to be deficient in; to be short of. A slightly more formal way of saying something is missing or insufficient.

Similar to 缺 but slightly more formal and often used for abstract things or larger-scale deficiencies. Common in writing and formal speech: 缺少资金 (lacking funds), 缺少经验 (lacking experience), 缺少关爱 (lacking care). Can take an object directly. Interchangeable with 缺乏 in many contexts.

例句

1. 这个项目缺少足够的资金支持。
2. 他缺少和别人交流的经验。
3. 生活中不能缺少朋友。

用法指南

语境: analysis, problems, descriptions

语气: analytical

正确说法

• 我们缺少一个好的计划。(We lack a good plan.)
• 成功不能缺少努力和坚持。(Success cannot do without effort and persistence.)

错误说法

• 我缺少吃饭。(Don't use 缺少 with verbs — it takes noun objects. Say 我还没吃饭 for 'I haven't eaten' or 我缺少食物 for 'I lack food.')

起源与历史

缺 means to lack; 少 means few or insufficient. Together they reinforce the meaning of having too little of something — a double emphasis on deficiency.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal