喜樂美語
  1. 1不足的、缺乏的

    Deficient means not having enough of something that is needed - a diet deficient in iron doesn't have enough iron for good health. It can also describe a piece of work that is missing something important, like an essay that is deficient in evidence or detail.

From the word’s history

From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere 'to lack, fail'.

源自拉丁文 deficiens，來自 deficere「缺少」。

Wiktionary

組成From Latin de- (down, away) + facere (to make/do) - the idea of 'falling short.'

同家族的字

  • deficitshares the same Latin root, meaning a shortage or a lack
  • sufficientshares the Latin -ficient piece (from facere, to make) - sufficient means 'enough,' deficient means 'not enough'

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deficientadj/dɪˈfɪʃənt/

  • 1

    Lacking something essential; often construed with in.

    • They were deficient in social skills.
    • His voice is beautiful but deficient in power.
  • 2

    Insufficient or inadequate in amount.

    • Apothecia lecanoroid; multilocular; each cell containing a single theke; paraphyses deficient.
  • 3

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

deficientnoun/dɪˈfɪʃənt/

  • 1

    A person who is deficient.

    • This was justified by the rationale that mental deficients, by definition, are not able to succeed in society.

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