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

• Conclusion Reinforcing kidney can acquire therapeutic effect of metabolic syndrome TCM syndrome of phlegm-blood stasis due to kidney deficiency.
  结论从肾立论治疗代谢综合征痰瘀证可以获得较好的症状、证候和指标疗效。
• 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。
• But poor oversight is a management and governance deficiency.
  但监督不力源于管理和治理欠缺。
• 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。
• Other studies have linked B12 deficiency with pernicious anemia, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders.
  其它研究已经把维生素B12缺乏与恶性贫血，心血管疾病，癌症和神经再生紊乱联系起来了。
• 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。
• The targets for the current stage of eliminating the disease caused by iodine deficiency have been achieved.
  基本实现了消除碘缺乏病的阶段目标。
• Congenital factors were weakness of spleen and stomach, kidney-Yang deficiency.
  先天因素包括素体脾胃虚弱、肾阳虚衰；
• 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。
• Vitamin D helps with calcium absorption, and patients with a deficiency can have difficulty producing new bone.
  维生素D帮助与钙的吸收，患者会有困难的缺陷产生新骨。