单词 | deficient |
释义 | deficient —deficiently, adv. /di fish"euhnt/, adj. 1. lacking some element or characteristic; defective: deficient in taste. 2. insufficient; inadequate: deficient knowledge. n. 3. a person who is deficient, esp. one who is mentally defective. [1575-85; < L deficient- (s. of deficiens, prp. of deficere to fail, run short, lack, weaken), equiv. to de- DE- + fic-, comb. form of facere to make, DO1 + thematic -i- + -ent- -ENT] |
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