名詞:不足、缺乏
常見搭配詞:
- deficiency disease
營養缺乏症 - iron / calcium / vitamin deficiency
- a deficiency of food / energy
食物 / 能源短缺 - major / serious / chronic deficiency
主要的 / 嚴重的 / 長期的不足(缺乏) - cover up the deficiency
掩飾缺陷(缺點) - fill up the deficiency
彌補不足
例句:
- I have a calcium deficiency.
我缺鈣 - Many women suffer from iron deficiency.
很多女人缺鐵 - The story’s major deficiency is its plot.
那故事的主要缺點在它的情節 - In spite of her deficiencies as a wife, she was a good mother to her children.
儘管她不是個好老婆(有種種的不足),但是她是個好媽媽 - Over 30 % of housing in this neighborhood contains structural deficiencies.
這附近的住宅有超過30%有著結構上的缺陷(各種問題) - The deficiency of the design is very clear.
這設計的缺點很明顯 - Many children in Africa are suffering from a deficiency of food.
很多非洲的兒童正因著食物短缺而受苦 - Calcium deficiency in the diet can cause illness.
飲食缺鈣會導致疾病
同義詞:
- lack 缺乏、不足 n.
- absence 不存在、缺乏 n.
- shortage 短缺、不足 n.
- inadequacy 不夠好 n.
- loss 虧損 n.
衍生字:
- deficient 缺少的、不足的 adj.
- deficiently 有缺陷地 adv. 不夠好