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单词

deficient

读音
dɪˈfɪʃnt
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词根

\-"deficient"可以被分为两部分:前缀 "de-"意为"缺乏",词根"-fic" 来源于拉丁词"ficio",意为"做、形成"。 \-由此词根衍生的其他单词包括:efficient(效率高的),proficient(熟练的),sufficient(足够的)等

释义

adj. 不足的;有缺陷的;不充分的

例句

Deaf people are sometimes treated as being mentally deficient.
耳聋的人有时被看作智力不健全。
Soils are most commonly deficient in nitrogen and phosphorus.
土壤最经常缺乏氮和磷。
Nitrogen-deficient plants exhibit many of the symptoms just described.
缺氮植物表现出上述的许多症状。

强化记忆

想象一下,当你的友谊"deficient"时,可能你们的关系就会变得"冷淡"(de-ficient)。这样,你就不会忘记这个词的含义了。"Deficient"源于拉丁词"deficiens",由"de-" (down) 和 "facere" (做)组合而成,原意为"未完成的",后来演变为现在的"缺乏的"含义。

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of the contingency of the world's existence,are mentally deficient.That's a little harsh, but still. (Laughter)
Our population of inmateshad a deficient amygdala,which likely led to their lack of empathy
Or Ryan, who can't go to school,because his immune deficient daughtercan't be risked to have germs come into the house,
were either celibates like themselvesor had deficient or malformed genitals.But this was pure speculation.
The agenda behind our cinematic immersion was only empathy,an emotion that's largely deficient from filmsthat come from our region of the world.
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