英语词汇“deficient”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINdeficient

Origin:

1500-1600 Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere; ➔ DEFECT1

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

As many as 2 million students leave school with deficient basic skills.
Your diet is deficient in vitamins.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Gospel preaching will be seriously deficient if this dimension is omitted.
How would they react to a deficient health care system?
It was a delightful, careless room, untidy and rather deficient in comfortable chairs.
It will shock her, this assumed equivalence with a man so strikingly deficient.
The capacity of the ram inboard to accommodate her crew was fearfully deficient...
The investment appraisal published by the Southern board was deficient in many respects.
There is, even yet, a hangover of fear and superstition where the disables or mentally deficient are concerned.
Vitamin E is available from so many food sources that no normal diet could possibly be deficient in it.

Longman Language Activatorto not have enough of something► not have enough

· The computer doesn't have enough memory - it just crashes all the time.not have enough time/money etc to do something · We don't have enough time to go shopping now.not have enough to do/eat/ drink etc · The number of children in the cities that do not have enough to eat is rising daily.

► can't afford

to not have enough money to do something: · We can't afford a really good printer right now.· I know I can't really afford it, but I want to buy her something nice.can't afford to do something (=not have enough money to do it): · I can't afford to fly, so I'm renting a car.· I can't afford to have any more unpaid days off.

► be short of/be low on

to not have enough of something that is necessary, such as money or food: · I was short of money, so George lent me $20.· The county is short of affordable housing, and the situation is getting worse.· The pilot knew the plane was low on fuel.

► be short on

informal to have less than you should have of a useful or important quality: · Warren is a good worker, but short on new ideas.· I sometimes felt our evenings together were a little short on fun.

► be running out/short of

to be using so much of something that you will soon not have enough of it left: · We're running out of time - can you finish up quickly?· Is the world running out of natural resources?· The refugees are running short of supplies and winter is approaching.

► be stretched

to have only just enough money or just enough of a supply of something, so that you have to be very careful about how you use it: · With a hundred thousand new people in the area, city resources are stretched. be stretched to the breaking point/the limit (=to have so little of something that you are likely to fail): · If this cut in resources occurs, it could severely damage a social fabric that is already stretched to the breaking point.be stretched thin American: · The army's supply lines in the area along the southern border were stretched dangerously thin.

► be strapped for cash

informal to not have enough money at the present time: · We sold the restaurant when we were strapped for cash a few years ago.· If you are seriously strapped for cash, I'm sure Robert could give you a job.

► deficient

not containing as much of a particular substance or not having as much of a particular quality as is necessary - used especially in scientific contexts: deficient in: · Your diet is deficient in vitamins.protein/nutrient/iron etc deficient: · Only hormone-deficient children are allowed to use the drug.

► be starved of

to be given much less of something than is needed: · Most of the animals are just starved of attention.· She admitted that living on the island she had been starved of conversation and ideas.· Starved of foreign aid money, the country collapsed into war last year.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► mentally

· If you have a slurred voice, people are likely to treat you as mentally deficient.· They specifically admitted children who were behaviorally aggressive, not mentally deficient, brain damaged, or psychotic.· The school I was sent to was overrun with colonial children-many described as mentally deficient and put in special schools.· There is, even yet, a hangover of fear and superstition where the disables or mentally deficient are concerned.· A mentally deficient or unstable individual was not wanted on the line, even if there was a shortage of men.

单词	deficient
释义	deficientde‧fi‧cient /dɪˈfɪʃənt/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINdeficient Origin: 1500-1600 Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere; ➔ DEFECT1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES As many as 2 million students leave school with deficient basic skills. Your diet is deficient in vitamins. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Gospel preaching will be seriously deficient if this dimension is omitted. How would they react to a deficient health care system? It was a delightful, careless room, untidy and rather deficient in comfortable chairs. It will shock her, this assumed equivalence with a man so strikingly deficient. The capacity of the ram inboard to accommodate her crew was fearfully deficient... The investment appraisal published by the Southern board was deficient in many respects. There is, even yet, a hangover of fear and superstition where the disables or mentally deficient are concerned. Vitamin E is available from so many food sources that no normal diet could possibly be deficient in it. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto not have enough of something► not have enough · The computer doesn't have enough memory - it just crashes all the time.not have enough time/money etc to do something · We don't have enough time to go shopping now.not have enough to do/eat/ drink etc · The number of children in the cities that do not have enough to eat is rising daily. ► can't afford to not have enough money to do something: · We can't afford a really good printer right now.· I know I can't really afford it, but I want to buy her something nice.can't afford to do something (=not have enough money to do it): · I can't afford to fly, so I'm renting a car.· I can't afford to have any more unpaid days off. ► be short of/be low on to not have enough of something that is necessary, such as money or food: · I was short of money, so George lent me $20.· The county is short of affordable housing, and the situation is getting worse.· The pilot knew the plane was low on fuel. ► be short on informal to have less than you should have of a useful or important quality: · Warren is a good worker, but short on new ideas.· I sometimes felt our evenings together were a little short on fun. ► be running out/short of to be using so much of something that you will soon not have enough of it left: · We're running out of time - can you finish up quickly?· Is the world running out of natural resources?· The refugees are running short of supplies and winter is approaching. ► be stretched to have only just enough money or just enough of a supply of something, so that you have to be very careful about how you use it: · With a hundred thousand new people in the area, city resources are stretched. be stretched to the breaking point/the limit (=to have so little of something that you are likely to fail): · If this cut in resources occurs, it could severely damage a social fabric that is already stretched to the breaking point.be stretched thin American: · The army's supply lines in the area along the southern border were stretched dangerously thin. ► be strapped for cash informal to not have enough money at the present time: · We sold the restaurant when we were strapped for cash a few years ago.· If you are seriously strapped for cash, I'm sure Robert could give you a job. ► deficient not containing as much of a particular substance or not having as much of a particular quality as is necessary - used especially in scientific contexts: deficient in: · Your diet is deficient in vitamins.protein/nutrient/iron etc deficient: · Only hormone-deficient children are allowed to use the drug. ► be starved of to be given much less of something than is needed: · Most of the animals are just starved of attention.· She admitted that living on the island she had been starved of conversation and ideas.· Starved of foreign aid money, the country collapsed into war last year. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► mentally · If you have a slurred voice, people are likely to treat you as mentally deficient.· They specifically admitted children who were behaviorally aggressive, not mentally deficient, brain damaged, or psychotic.· The school I was sent to was overrun with colonial children-many described as mentally deficient and put in special schools.· There is, even yet, a hangover of fear and superstition where the disables or mentally deficient are concerned.· A mentally deficient or unstable individual was not wanted on the line, even if there was a shortage of men. 1not containing or having enough of something: Women who are dieting can become iron deficient.deficient in patients who were deficient in vitamin C2not good enough: Our prisons are our most deficient social service.
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