deficit

英 [ˈdefɪsɪt]

美 [ˈdefɪsɪt]

n.  赤字; 逆差; 亏损; 不足额; 缺款额; 缺少

复数：deficits　

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Collins.4 / BNC.2918 / COCA.2403

牛津词典

noun

• 赤字；逆差；亏损
  the amount by which money spent or owed is greater than money earned in a particular period of time
  1. a budget/trade deficit
     预算赤字；贸易逆差
  2. The trade balance has been in deficit for the past five years.
     过去五年来贸易状况一直是逆差。
• 不足额；缺款额；缺少
  the amount by which sth, especially an amount of money, is too small or smaller than sth else
  1. There's a deficit of $3 million in the total needed to complete the project.
     完成这项工程所需资金中有300万元的亏空。
  2. The team has to come back from a 2–0 deficit in the first half.
     这支队得扳回上半场0:2的落后局面。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 差额;赤字;亏损;逆差
  Adeficitis the amount by which something is less than what is required or expected, especially the amount by which the total money received is less than the total money spent.
  1. They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
     他们已准备好削减下一财年的联邦预算赤字。
  2. ...a deficit of 3.275 billion francs.
     32.75亿法郎的赤字

英英释义

noun

• the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
  1. new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
  Synonym:shortageshortfall
• an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)
  1. last year there was a serious budgetary deficit
• (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
• a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning
  1. the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory
  2. they have serious linguistic deficits

双语例句

• These options would actually worsen the economy and add to the deficit
  这些选择实际上只会造成经济形势更加恶化，赤字愈见增加。
• Rising budget deficit is beginning to bite.
  预算赤字的不断增加开始产生不良后果。
• The company had a deficit of$ 3000.
  这家公司亏空3000美元。
• They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
  他们已准备好削减下一财年的联邦预算赤字。
• I'm not impressed by the promise of tax cuts against the backcloth of a public-spending deficit.
  在公共开支出现赤字的情况下承诺减税让我不以为然。
• He recovered from a 4-2 deficit to reach the quarter-finals
  他在2比4落后的情况下实现逆转闯进1/4决赛。
• He urged the administration and Congress to come up with a credible package to reduce the budget deficit.
  他敦促政府和国会出台一整套切实可行的方案，以缩减预算赤字。
• Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling
  出口在缩减，贸易赤字在增长。
• The deficit in the US balance of payments put these considerations out of focus
  美国的国际收支逆差使这些因素没有得到关注。
• We have a great deficit this year.
  我们今年有很大亏损。