deficit

英 ['defɪsɪt] 美 ['defɪsɪt]

• n. 赤字；逆差；亏损；亏空；不足

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]不足,缺乏

   an amount which is too small in quantity or too low in quality

2. [C]赤字,亏空,亏损

   excess of debts over income; amount of this excess

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. （财政）赤字，亏损，亏空，逆差，不敷
2. 不足额，缺款额，亏空额，欠款
3. 欠缺，缺陷，短缺，亏缺，缺少，不足
4. 不足之处

英英释义

Noun:

1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required;

   "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
   

2. a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning;

   "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"
   "they have serious linguistic deficits"
   

3. (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing

4. an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period);

   "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The current trade deficit indicates a serious imbalance between our import and export trade.
   当前的贸易赤字表明我们的进出口贸易严重失调。
2. That would still leave a substantial trade deficit.
   这样仍然会出现巨额贸易逆差。
3. We have a great deficit this year.
   我们今年有很大亏损。
4. The company had a deficit of 5000 dollars.
   公司亏空了五千美元。
5. She has to indent on reserves to cover the deficit.
   她不得不支取储金以弥补亏空。
6. It also found no magnocellular deficit.
   也没有发现存在的大细胞不足的现象。
7. A sleep deficit may be impossible to make up.
   睡眠不足很可能根本无法补救。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. We raised ￡100, and we need ￡200; that's a deficit of ￡100.
   我们筹措了100英镑,而我们需要200英镑,还缺100英镑。
2. The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.
   董事们报告赤字为250万美元。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• cause a deficit 造成亏空
• cover〔meet, supply〕 the deficit 弥补亏空
• make up the deficit 补足亏空
• show a deficit 出现亏空
• wipe out the deficits 偿清亏空

形容词+～

• financial deficit 财政赤字

～+介词

• deficit of〔in〕 rain 缺雨

词源解说

• ☆ 1782年进入英语，直接源自法语的deficit；最初源自古典拉丁语的deficit，意为欠缺的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• shortage 不足
• shortfall 不足
• arrears 到期未付之债...
• discrepancy 差异
• debit 借方
• scarcity 缺乏
• insufficiency 缺乏
• dearth 缺乏

【反义词】

• lead 引导