Insufficiency
[ɪnsə'fɪʃ(ə)nsɪ] or [,ɪnsə'fɪʃənsi]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) lack of an adequate quantity or number; 'the inadequacy of unemployment benefits'.
(noun.) (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally.
(noun.) a lack of competence; 'pointed out the insufficiencies in my report'; 'juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents'.
赛勒斯錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.
(n.) Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office.
錄入:玛丽埃塔
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Inadequateness, inadequacy, incompetence, deficiency, defectiveness, dearth.
戴维錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- But the very reason for which it has been thought necessary to grant a bounty, is the supposed insufficiency of the price to do this. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The moment we perceive the falshood of any supposition, or the insufficiency of any means our passions yield to our reason without any opposition. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- At any rate, she had so many uses for it that its very insufficiency had caused her to play high in the hope of doubling it. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Yet she could never stop up the terrible gap of insufficiency. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- We are all unanimous in that wish, I suppose, said Elinor, in spite of the insufficiency of wealth. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
校對:马奇