deficiency
US: /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/
UK: /dɪfˈɪʃənsi/
UK: /dɪfˈɪʃənsi/
English Vietnamese dictionary
deficiency /di'fiʃənsi/
- danh từ
- sự thiếu hụt, sự không đầy đủ
- số tiền thiếu hụt; lượng thiếu hụt
- to make up a deficiency: bù vào chỗ thiếu hụt
- sự thiếu sót, sự kém cỏi, sự bất tài
- (toán học) số khuyết
- deficiency of a curve: số khuyết của một đường
- y deficiency disease: bệnh thiếu vitamin
- mental deficiency: chứng đần
Advanced English dictionary
of sth)
1 [U, C] the state of not having, or not having enough of, sth that is essential: Vitamin deficiency in the diet can cause illness. + a deficiency of Vitamin B
2 [C] a fault or a weakness in sth/sb that makes it or them less successful: deficiencies in the computer system
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
major, serious, severe | slight, small | dietary, nutritional | enzyme, hormone, mineral, nutrient, vitamin | calcium, iron, etc.
VERB + DEFICIENCY
have, suffer from
suffering from a severe vitamin deficiency
| correct, make good, make up, overcome, remedy
I've been prescribed iron tablets to make up the deficiency. An engineer could remedy the deficiencies in the design.
PREP.
~ in
serious deficiencies in the health service
Concise English dictionary
deficienciesdɪ'fɪʃnsɪ
noun
+the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
+lack of an adequate quantity or number
