deficient

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a. 不足的, 不充分的, 有缺陷的

发音

US
UK /dɪˈfɪʃənt/

词形变化

deficients 复数 deficients more deficient 比较级 most deficient 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

不足的；有缺陷的；不充分的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who is deficient.

adj. C2
  1. 1.

    Lacking something essential; often construed with in.

    They were deficient in social skills.

  2. 2.

    Insufficient or inadequate in amount.

    Apothecia lecanoroid; multilocular; each cell containing a single theke; paraphyses deficient.

  3. 3.

    Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n)<n.

    数学

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

wanting lacking inferior insufficient substandard

近义相关 10

light poor short low shy lean inadequate depleted skimpy unequal

参见 4

stingy meager meagre scrimpy

相关短语

deficient number deficient numbers mentally deficient person mental deficient

词源

From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.

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