- 1aC1
/ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/
not enough for what you need, or not great enough
不足的；不夠的
核心畫面
Picture a measuring line marked 'what this needs' and the amount you actually have sitting below it. Nothing is wrong with the amount in itself — it is only short of what this particular job asks for. That gap between what is needed and what is there is the whole word.
可以想成：有一條線標著「這件事需要的量」，而你手上的量停在線下面。那個量本身沒有好壞，只是不到這件事要求的高度。in…更多收起
可以想成：有一條線標著「這件事需要的量」，而你手上的量停在線下面。那個量本身沒有好壞，只是不到這件事要求的高度。insufficient 講的就是「需要的」和「實際有的」之間那段差距。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。
insufficientdet/ɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/
- 1
An inadequate quantity of; not enough.
- Insufficient time is available to reflect on the problem.
- 2
A quantity (of something) that is less than is needed.
- Insufficient of the building remains to determine its age.
insufficientadj/ɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/
- 1
Not sufficient; of a type or kind that does not suffice, that does not satisfy requirements or needs.
- an insufficient amount
- an insufficient degree
- 2
Not sufficient; lacking competent power or ability; unqualified, unequal, unfit.
- Brother Coſroe, I find my ſelfe agreeu’d, Yet inſufficient to expreſſe the ſame: For it requires a great and thundering ſpeech: […]
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。