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

• The main activities include routine epidemiological surveillance, nutritional surveillance and control of micronutrient deficiency in some regions.
  主要活动包括在一些地区实施例行流行病学监测、营养监测和微量营养素缺乏控制。
• But poor oversight is a management and governance deficiency.
  但监督不力源于管理和治理欠缺。
• This is the reaction of calcium deficiency.
  这是缺钙的反应。
• 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。
• NOTE: Anaemia is not always caused by iron deficiency-lead poisoning and thalassaemia can also produce anaemia.
  注意：贫血并不总是由缺铁引起，铅中毒和地中海贫血症也会导致贫血。
• 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。
• When foods from different plant sources are eaten together, deficiency in one is compensated for by sufficiency in another
  多种蔬果类食物一起吃的话，一种食物所缺乏的营养会由另一种富含该营养的食物予以补足。
• Opacity of the eye lens can be induced by deficiency of certain vitamins
  眼球晶状体的混浊可由缺乏某些维生素造成。
• 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。
• This is a calcium deficiency, some of it?
  这是缺钙的一些表现吗？