insufficiency

n. 不充分, 不足, 不适当 [医] 机能不全, 闭锁不全, 关闭不全

发音

US /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/

词形变化

insufficiencies 复数 insufficiencies

别名

insufficience unsufficience unsufficiency

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).

    不足

    Near-synonyms: deficiency (broadly synonymous), inadequacy

    The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

deficiency inadequacy

反义词 1

sufficiency

上位词 5

amount weakness failing inability unfitness

下位词 10

shortage deficit scarcity shortfall drop in the bucket drop in the ocean exiguity leanness meagerness meagreness

相关短语

thoracic insufficiency syndrome pancreatic insufficiency [医] 胰腺机能不全

词源

From in- + sufficiency.

来源：wiktionary