兩個(gè)自感無所欠缺的人，最終以互相給出自己的欠缺，陷入了愛情。達(dá)西以自己對欠缺的掩飾將自己的欠缺給予了伊麗莎白，對欠缺的掩飾恰好就是對伊麗莎白的給予。伊麗莎白之所以狼狽不堪，是因?yàn)樵诿鎸_(dá)西時(shí)暴露了自己的欠缺，原本無所欠缺的伊麗莎白也將自己的欠缺暴露或給予了達(dá)西。

不能將會飲篇當(dāng)作哲學(xué)來讀，而是將其作為文學(xué)（戲劇）來讀，拉康認(rèn)為，柏拉圖通過會飲篇幾乎嘲笑了所有人對愛的看法的嘲笑，對每一個(gè)發(fā)言人都進(jìn)行了嘲笑。

Where there is no lack, there can be no desire.

沒有欠缺，就沒有欲望，沒有欲望，就沒有愛。

沒有任何事物能夠填補(bǔ)無窮無盡的空洞或欠缺。

want本意是欠缺，因?yàn)榍啡?，所以想要?/strong>

Desire aspires to make good this lack, to compensate for it. And each desire for something new is but the continuation and displacement of the selfsame desire stemming from the same old lack; this is what allows Lacan to qualify the ceaseless unfolding and multiplication of human desires as the “metonymy of the want-to-be,” as the continual displacement of the lack in being brought about by castration, wrought by our alienation in language and loss of jouissance. Each new “I want” is linked to this original lack by a shorter or longer series of displacements (or metonymic shifts)

圍繞著欲望旋轉(zhuǎn)的過程中，人獲得了pleasure，但這種pleasure轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝。穿透象征界，直達(dá)實(shí)在的，是死亡。所謂的死本能，是我們穿越象征界，直接擁抱物的欲望。

Now this lack is precious to us. What we gave up defines us, we feel. It goes to the heart of our perceived individuality, to the core of our “subjective difference” – that is, to the core of what makes us different from everyone else.

一般來說，是人所擁有的東西定義了人。

但拉康反其意而行之，正是人所欠缺、失去的東西定義了人。

對欠缺的掩飾，是將自我的欠缺給予對方，也是愛的開始。

愛上某個(gè)人，就是向那個(gè)人傳達(dá)我的欠缺，正是那個(gè)人與我的欠缺緊密關(guān)聯(lián)。愛上某人，就是用語言告訴對方我有欠缺。愛從來都是一個(gè)話語。這種語言不一定是訴諸于口語和文字，身體的行動也是一種語言。我們必須用語言揭示我們的欠缺，且我們的欠缺必然與被愛者相關(guān)。

We may be protective, not wishing to show we feel lacking in any way, that we need anybody, that we are castrated.

To love is to admit to lack.

去愛就是去承認(rèn)自我的欠缺。當(dāng)男人陷入愛情的時(shí)候，他就變成了一個(gè)女人。人類所有的言語都是對欠缺的表達(dá)，說話就是表達(dá)你的欠缺。正因?yàn)橛兴啡?，人才會說話。

By declaring our love – articulating it aloud in words to our beloved – we give our lack. We declare ourselves to be missing something, to be lacking in being, to be wanting in something at the core of our very being; and yet we manage to thereby bestow being and a feeling of fullness on our partner. In this way, we give the gift of what we do not have.

你所說的任何話語，都在表達(dá)一種欠缺，都在要求你所欠缺的某種東西。所有的話語，就表明有所欠缺，通過言語要求你所欠缺之物。