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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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