deficient
英 [dɪˈfɪʃnt] 美 [dɪˈfɪʃənt]

adj.

不足的，缺乏的；有缺陷的；不充分的；短少

英英释义

deficient[ di'fiʃənt ]

• adj.
  • inadequate in amount or degree

    "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"

    同义词：lacking(p)wanting(p)

  • of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement

    同义词：insufficient

  • falling short of some prescribed norm

    同义词：inferiorsubstandard

词组短语

deficient in不足；缺乏

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. We are deficient in hands.
   我们人手不够。
2. The crops are suffering from deficient rain.
   庄稼因雨量不足而遭受损害。
3. Our knowledge of the matter is deficient.
   我们对此事了解不足。
4. A mentally deficient person is one who is weak-minded.
   一个智力上不足的人是个低能的人。
5. The evidence he gave us was deficient.
   他提供给我们的证据不充分。
6. His training in linguistics is deficient.
   他在语言学方面受到的训练是有缺陷的。
7. He couldn't join the army because of his deficient sight.
   由于视力缺陷，他没办法参军。

权威例句

RAG-1-deficient mice have no mature B and T lymphocytes
Interleukin-10-deficient mice develop chronic enterocolitis.
Unresponsiveness of MyD88-Deficient Mice to Endotoxin
ApoE-deficient mice develop lesions of all phases of atherosclerosis throughout the arterial tree.
osteoprotegerin-deficient mice develop early onset osteoporosis and arterial calcification.
Specific killing of BRCA2-deficient tumours with inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase.
Impaired immune and acute-phase responses in interleukin-6-deficient mice
Failure of blood-island formation and vasculogenesis in Flk-1-deficient mice
Activated oncogenes in human skin tumors from a repair-deficient syndrome, xeroderma pigmentosum
Cutting Edge: Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4)-Deficient Mice Are Hyporesponsive to Lipopolysaccharide: Evidence for TLR4 as the Lps Gene...