de.fi.cient
adj.(形容词)Lacking an essential quality or element:有缺点的,有缺陷的:缺乏某种重要的品质或要素的:例句:deficient in common sense.缺乏常识
Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient:缺乏的,不足够的:在数量或程度方面不足的;不够的:例句:a deficient education.缺少教育
来源:Latin dôficiôns dôficient- [present participle of] dôficere [to fail, be wanting] * see defect 拉丁语 dôficiôns dôficient- [] dôficere的现在分词 [缺少,缺乏] *参见 defect
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defi.cient
n.(名词)defi.ciently
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