deficiency

英 [dɪˈfɪʃnsi]

美 [dɪˈfɪʃnsi]

n.  缺乏; 缺少; 不足; 缺点; 缺陷

复数：deficiencies　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8医学

Collins.2 / BNC.5386 / COCA.6360

牛津词典

noun

• 缺乏；缺少；不足
  the state of not having, or not having enough of, sth that is essential
  1. Vitamin deficiency in the diet can cause illness.
     饮食中缺乏维生素可能导致疾病。
  2. a deficiency of Vitamin B
     缺乏维生素B
• 缺点；缺陷
  a fault or a weakness in sth/sb that makes it or them less successful
  1. deficiencies in the computer system
     计算机系统的种种缺陷

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR （尤指身体所需物质的）缺乏，缺少，不足
  Deficiency insomething, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
  1. They did blood tests on him for signs of vitamin deficiency...
     他们给他验了血，以检查是否有维生素缺乏的迹象。
  2. There are serious deficiencies in the numbers of suitable aircraft.
     符合要求的飞机数量严重不足。
• N-VAR 缺点;缺陷;瑕疵
  Adeficiencythat someone or something has is a weakness or imperfection in them.
  1. ...a serious deficiency in our air defence.
     我们在空防上的严重缺陷

英英释义

noun

• lack of an adequate quantity or number
  1. the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
  Synonym:insufficiencyinadequacy
• the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  1. there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
  2. water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
  3. for want of a nail the shoe was lost
  Synonym:lackwant

双语例句

• Iodine deficiency causes brain damage and iron deficiency is responsible for anaemia in two billion people worldwide.
  缺碘导致大脑损伤，而缺铁导致了全世界20亿人的贫血。
• Is the concept of "vertebrobasilar artery blood supply deficiency" out of date?
  “椎-基底动脉供血不足”的概念过时了吗？
• In addition, iodine deficiency in children is responsible for disorders in physical and cognitive development, and hypothyroidism.
  此外，儿童碘缺乏症造成身体和认知发育障碍以及甲状腺机能减退。
• Many other unexplained nonparasitic disease of different plant species were shown to result from born deficiency.
  许多植物的其它不能解释的非寄生性病害均表明为缺硼所致。
• BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency may be involved in the development of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease in humans.
  背景：维生素D缺乏可能参与人类动脉粥样硬化和冠心病的发生发展。
• But poor oversight is a management and governance deficiency.
  但监督不力源于管理和治理欠缺。
• Alopecia may also occur in syphilis, thyroid disease, and iron deficiency.
  梅毒、甲状腺疾病和铁缺乏症也可引起脱发。
• AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  AIDS是获得性免疫缺损综合征的缩写。
• Kidney deficiency low back pain, women are the most common low back pain.
  肾虚腰痛，是女性中最常见的腰痛。
• This is a calcium deficiency, some of it?
  这是缺钙的一些表现吗？