英単語

deficientの意味・使い方・発音

deficient

英 [dɪ'fɪʃ(ə)nt] 美 [dɪ'fɪʃnt]
  • adj. 不十分な;欠陥のある;不十分な

英語の語源


deficient
deficient: [16] Deficient was acquired from Latin dēficient-, the present participial stem of dēficere ‘undo, fail, leave, be lacking’, a compound verb formed from the prefix - ‘away’ and facere ‘do, make’ (a parallel formation lies behind English defeat). The past participial stem of the Latin verb, dēfect-, produced English defect [15], while its third person present singular dēficit was borrowed by English as deficit.
=> defeat, defect, deficit
deficient (adj.)
1580s, from Latin deficientem (nominative deficiens), present participle of deficere "to desert, revolt, fail," from de- "down, away" (see de-) + facere "to do, perform" (see factitious).

例文


1. a diet that is deficient in vitamin A
ビタミンA欠乏食

2.A diet deficient in vitamin D may cause the disease rickets.
ビタミンDを欠いた食事は軟骨症を引き起こす可能性がある。

3.An educational system which fails to teach basic arithmetic is seriously deficient .
基礎的な算術知識を教えていない教育体制には深刻な欠陥がある。

4.The milk is deficient in fat.
この牛乳脂肪分は不足しています。

5.The crops are suffering from deficient rain.
作物は雨量不足で被害を受けた。

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