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deficiency    音标拼音: [dɪf'ɪʃənsi]
n. 缺乏,不足,缺陷

缺乏,不足,缺陷

deficiency
n 1: 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" [synonym:
{lack}, {deficiency}, {want}]
2: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of
unemployment benefits" [synonym: {insufficiency}, {inadequacy},
{deficiency}] [ant: {adequacy}, {sufficiency}]

Deficiency \De*fi"cien*cy\, n.; pl. {Deficiencies}. [See
{Deficient}.]
The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure;
imperfection; shortcoming; defect. "A deficiency of blood."
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]

[Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his
deficiencies made him the ridicule of his
contemporaries. --Buckle.
[1913 Webster]

{Deficiency of a curve} (Geom.), the amount by which the
number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum
for curves of the same degree.
[1913 Webster]

109 Moby Thesaurus words for "deficiency":
absence, adulteration, arrearage, arrestment, baseness, beggary,
blemish, break, bug, callowness, catch, crack, dearth, defalcation,
default, defect, defectibility, defection, defectiveness, deficit,
demerit, deprivation, dereliction, destitution, discontinuity,
drawback, drought, erroneousness, failing, failure, fallibility,
famine, fault, faultiness, faute, fewness, flaw, foible, frailty,
gap, hiatus, hole, immaturity, impairment, imperfection,
impoverishment, impurity, inaccuracy, inadequacy, inadequateness,
incompetence, incompleteness, incompletion, inexactitude,
inexactness, infirmity, insufficiency, interval, kink, lack,
lacuna, little problem, littleness, maladroitness, meanness,
mediocrity, miscarriage, missing link, need, neglect, omission,
outage, patchiness, pettiness, privation, problem, rift,
scantiness, scrappiness, shabbiness, short measure, short weight,
shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, sin, sketchiness, smallness,
snag, something missing, starvation, subnormality, taint,
triviality, ullage, underage, underdevelopment, undevelopment,
unevenness, unperfectedness, unskillfulness, unsoundness,
vulgarity, vulnerable place, want, wantage, weak link, weak point,
weakness


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  • grammar - Deficiency or Deficiencies - English Language Learners . . .
    Students mostly have a deficiency in math That use of "mostly" is a bit informal A more careful expression might be Most students have a deficiency in math The sentence with "deficiencies" as a plural is good too Whether you use the singular or plural depends on how you are thinking of "deficiency", and either way seems valid
  • meaning - be out in front of What does it mean? - English Language . . .
    If you are "behind on" something, you are trying to "catch up," or "get up to speed," or otherwise negate an implied deficiency To be "out in front of" implies the opposite The Michael Clayton quote is a bit of an anomaly in terms of common usage, as usually being "out in front of" is considered desirable
  • Why is it THE absence of something but A lack of something?
    "Lack" can mean that something is absent, but can also mean a shortage, or a deficiency Secondly, you can use either the definite or indefinite article with both words This example is in the Cambridge dictionary: The business was suffering from an absence of an overall plan for moving forward See also this example for "lack" with the
  • grammar - Inefficiency or low efficiency? - English Language Learners . . .
    Both are wrong Correct is: "This machine is inefficient" "This machine is low efficient" Or: "This machine's efficiency is low"
  • Should as a . . . and unlike . . . clauses refer to the subject?
    Are these examples considered to be proper English speech or something that can be perceived as a deficiency in education or cognitive ability? Is there a term for this kind of patterns? I found a Wikipedia article on Dangling modifier, which seems to be the answer to the last question However, I wanted to confirm and just wonder if there is
  • Distinguishing between prepositions associated with “lack”
    The senses of the two expressions, adjective and verb, are slightly different The adjective lacking implies a deficiency: his opinions have insufficient intellectual depth The verb lack implies complete absence: his opinions have no intellectual depth ADDED:
  • phrasal verbs - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
    I am trying to work through this notice of a tax deficiency with the unstated purpose of resolving it Yes, I am studying the notice of tax deficiency I want to work this out promptly Either phrase may be appropriate in such a situation They have different primary meanings, but those meanings are often closely related
  • IN vs. WITH: which is correct in the following sentence?
    For example, "vitamins can be prescribed for correction of nutrient deficiency " In the OP sentence, the first meaning ( 1 ) is the sense intended Here are some example sentences listed at dictionary com and Merriam-Webster
  • What makes an Indian English accent hard to understand?
    Excellent answer! I'd add that it would probably be helpful to slightly slow everything down when speaking The typical American parody of an Indian English accent usually involves -- in my perception -- speaking faster, exaggerating voice dynamics and emphasis (almost sing-song and overly-dramatic), shifting the sounds away from nasal and towards the throat, adding a trill to "l" and "t", and
  • Im looking for one word which describes what a student who missed . . .
    : something that makes up for a previous postponement, omission, failure, or deficiency <a makeup exam> Since this student missed classes (or whatever), he needs to catch up He can do his makeup (or makeup work) at home by himself, with the teacher at school (if she is available), or whatever was arranged between the two





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