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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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

• 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。
• We called up three economists to ask how to eliminate the deficit and they obliged with very straightforward answers
  我们打电话给3位经济学家询问如何消除赤字，他们坦率地给予了答复。
• The United States Congress and the President are still locked in disagreement over proposals to reduce the massive budget deficit
  美国国会和总统就削减巨额预算赤字的提案仍持不同意见，双方僵持不下。
• He promised to get to work on the state's massive deficit
  他承诺着手解决国家庞大的财政赤字问题。
• The Congressional Budget Office says the federal deficit shows every sign of getting larger
  国会预算办公室说有种种的迹象表明联邦赤字正在增加。
• 100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit
  10万联邦公务人员将被辞退以减少赤字。
• Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling
  出口在缩减，贸易赤字在增长。
• The deficit had grown with the connivance of the banks
  在银行的放纵之下，赤字增加了。
• Failing to tackle the deficit would be throwing away an opportunity we haven't had for a generation
  如果不能成功解决赤字问题，我们将错过等了一代人才等来的机会。
• 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。