deficiency

英 [dɪˈfɪʃnsi]

美 [dɪˈfɪʃnsi]

n. 缺乏; 缺少; 不足; 缺点; 缺陷

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

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

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

Iodine deficiency causes brain damage and iron deficiency is responsible for anaemia in two billion people worldwide.
缺碘导致大脑损伤，而缺铁导致了全世界20亿人的贫血。
The first one is the deficiency of practical vocational skills and academic knowledge.
第一个是实际的职业技能和学术知识的不足。
Congenital factors were weakness of spleen and stomach, kidney-Yang deficiency.
先天因素包括素体脾胃虚弱、肾阳虚衰；
The targets for the current stage of eliminating the disease caused by iodine deficiency have been achieved.
基本实现了消除碘缺乏病的阶段目标。
In order to overcome this deficiency, the concept of activity or effective concentration was advanced.
为了克服这一缺点，提出了活度或有效浓度的概念。
Deficiency of red corpuscles is caused by a lack of iron.
红细胞生成不足是由缺铁引起的。
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIDS是获得性免疫缺损综合征的缩写。
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 a calcium deficiency, some of it?
这是缺钙的一些表现吗？
Alopecia may also occur in syphilis, thyroid disease, and iron deficiency.
梅毒、甲状腺疾病和铁缺乏症也可引起脱发。