中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.缺乏，不足，短缺。
2.缺陷。
3.不足额；亏空。
短语和例子
a deficiency of food 食物不足。 deficiency disease 亏损病，维生素(等)缺乏病。 make good [up for] a deficiency 补足亏空。

lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
同义词：insufficiency, inadequacy,

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"
同义词：lack, want,

例句与用法

Cosmetics do not cover up the deficiencies of nature .
化妆品并不能掩盖先天缺陷。

It was the deficiency we were struggling to correct .
此一缺点我们正在努力改进中。

But in fact i was alluding to my physical deficiencies .
可我实在是为自己的容貌寒心。

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。

a deficiency of vitamin results in rickets.
缺乏维生素导致佝偻病。

They may be exacerbated by a simultaneous deficiency of calcium .
由于同时缺乏钙而使之恶化。

Borderline deficiencies often cause small hemorrhagic blemishes .
临界缺乏常引起小的出血瘢疤。

A deficiency of mineral is unlikely to be immediately apparent .
矿物质缺乏症状未必会马上出现。

An excess or deficiency of any compound may be equally disastrous .
任何化合物的过多或缺乏都可造成灾难。

Zinc deficiency is more difficult to correct on sweet cherry than apple .
甜樱桃缺锌比苹果缺锌更难纠正。