deficient
deficient
[dɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt]
adjective
语源
[dɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt]
adjective
- [predic.]not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient
不足的，缺乏的
this diet is deficient in vitamin B.
这个食谱中缺少维生素B 。
■insufficient or inadequate
不充分的，不适当的
the documentary evidence is deficient.
文献证据不足。
■(亦作 mentally deficient)(offensive)having a mental handicap
(冒犯)有智力障碍的，傻的
语源
- late 16th cent. (originally in the theological phrase deficient cause, denoting a failure or deficiency that has a particular consequence): from Latin deficient- 'failing', from the verb deficere (see defect)
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