音标:[di'fiʃәnsi] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级;
n. 缺乏, 不足
[医] 缺乏, 不足
n the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
n lack of an adequate quantity or number
词型变化:名词复数形式 : deficiencies
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deficiency的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. I have a slight calcium deficiency.我有点缺钙。
  2. The result in either case is an energy deficiency.不论哪种情况结果都会导致能量损失。
  3. Things will go much better if people of the same trade make up the other's deficiency from their own surplus.同行业之间互通有无,调剂余缺,事情就好办得多了。
  4. The deficiency of this plan is very clear and it can't possibly succeed.这项计划的缺陷是很明显的,它不可能成功。
  5. It is diligence that makes up for deficiency.勤能补拙。
  6. It was the deficiency we were struggling to correct.此一缺点我们正在努力改进中。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. The deficiencies in the system soon became obvious.这种制度的缺陷不久就变得很明显。
  2. Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature.化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。
  3. During the war children suffered from a deficiency of food.战争期间孩子们遭受缺乏食物之苦。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • cover up the deficiency掩饰缺点
  • fill up a deficiency弥补不足
名词+~
  • hearing deficiency听觉缺陷
  • vitamin deficiency缺乏维生素
~+介词
  • deficiency in vitamins缺乏维生素
  • deficiency of 50 pounds 50英镑的亏空

经典引文

  • 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.

    出自:P. Parish
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