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

Even if iodine deficiency may be more severe in developing countries, it equally affects developed and developing countries.
即使碘缺乏症可能在发展中国家更为严重，但是它同样影响发达国家和发展中国家。
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。
Application of CH and CHr in Diagnosing Iron Deficiency Anaemia
CH和CHr对缺铁性贫血临床诊断的应用研究
This is a calcium deficiency, some of it?
这是缺钙的一些表现吗？
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。
This is the reaction of calcium deficiency.
这是缺钙的反应。
Such anemias can be due to folate or to B12 deficiency.
这种贫血与叶酸或维生素B12缺乏有关。
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。
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIDS是获得性免疫缺损综合征的缩写。
Finally, the thesis summarized the research work, pointed out the study deficiency and the improving direction, and explained the harvest in the design.
最后对设计研究工作进行了总结，指出了研究上的不足及改进方向，说明了在本次设计中的收获。