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单词 deficiency
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
de•fi•cien•cy /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -cies. 
  1. [uncountable] the state or condition of lacking something:suffering from vitamin deficiency.
  • something lacking:[countable]a patient with a calcium deficiency.
  • something imperfect;
    flaw;
    defect:[countable]In spite of its deficiencies, this is basically a very good paper.

  • WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
    de•fi•cien•cy  (di fishən sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cies. 
    1. the state of being deficient;
      lack;
      incompleteness;
      insufficiency.
    2. the amount lacked;
      a deficit.
    • Late Latin dēficientia, Latin dēficient- (stem of dēficiēns). See deficient, -ency
    • 1625–35
      • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged shortage, inadequacy, paucity, scarcity.

    Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
    deficiency /dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ/ n ( pl -cies)
    1. the state or quality of being deficient
    2. a lack or insufficiency; shortage
    3. another word for deficit
    4. the absence of a gene or a region of a chromosome normally present
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