deficient 英 [dɪˈfɪʃnt]   美 [dɪˈfɪʃənt]

deficient

deficient  英 [dɪˈfɪʃnt] 美 [dɪˈfɪʃənt]

adj. 不足的;有缺陷的 

diet that is deficient in vitamin A 缺乏维生素 A 的饮食
Deaf people are sometimes treated as being mentally deficient. 耳聋的人有时被看作智力不健全。

  • Deficient means not enough or not adequate. Maybe you were deficient in caffeine that day. Maybe you were lacking in study time. But no doubt about it: you came up with a deficient number of correct answers on the physics test.
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  • adj. 不足的;有缺陷的
  • 1. diet that is deficient in vitamin A

    缺乏维生素 A 的饮食

  • 2. Deaf people are sometimes treated as being mentally deficient.

    耳聋的人有时被看作智力不健全。

  • 3. The milk is deficient in fat.

    这牛奶脂肪含量不足.

  • deficient (adj.) 1580s, from Latin deficientem (nominative deficiens), present participle of deficere "to desert, revolt, fail," from de "down, away" (see de-) + combining form of facere "to do, make" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put").
de·fi·cient / dɪˈfɪʃnt ; NAmE dɪˈfɪʃnt / adjective ( formal) 1 deficient(in sth) not having enough of sth, especially sth that is essential 缺乏的;缺少的;不足的 a diet that is deficient in vitamin A 缺乏维生素 A 的饮食 2 not good enough 有缺点的;有缺陷的 Deaf people are sometimes treated as being mentally deficient. 耳聋的人有时被看作智力不健全。 de·fi·cient / dɪˈfɪʃnt ; NAmE dɪˈfɪʃnt /
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