[U][C]缺乏,不足,短缺 the quality of being deficient; lack
英語翻譯
Noun:
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable;
\\\"there is a serious lack of insight into the problem\\\"
\\\"water is the critical deficiency in desert regions\\\"
\\\"for want of a nail the shoe was lost\\\"
lack of an adequate quantity or number;
\\\"the inadequacy of unemployment benefits\\\"
造句
用作名詞(n.)
I have a slight calcium deficiency. 我有點缺鈣。
The result in either case is an energy deficiency. 不論哪種情況結果都會導致能量損失。
Things will go much better if people of the same trade make up the other\\\'s deficiency from their own surplus. 同行業之間互通有無，調劑余缺，事情就好辦得多了。
The deficiency of this plan is very clear and it can\\\'t possibly succeed. 這項計劃的缺陷是很明顯的，它不可能成功。
It is diligence that makes up for deficiency. 勤能補拙。
It was the deficiency we were struggling to correct. 此一缺點我們正在努力改進中。
常用短語
用作名詞 (n.)
動詞+～
cover up the deficiency
掩飾缺點
fill up a deficiency
彌補不足
名詞+～
hearing deficiency
聽覺缺陷
vitamin deficiency
缺乏維生素
～+介詞
deficiency in vitamins
缺乏維生素
deficiency of 50 pounds 50
英鎊的虧空
組詞
Where art has to supply the deficiencies of nature.
出自：J. H. Newman
Mrs Poulter was very short of gin and had to make up the deficiency with water.
出自：H. Cecil
In children vitamin C deficiency may delay bone growth.