喜樂美語
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    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.

    不足的、缺乏的

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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'

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

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.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。