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

• 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。
• 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。
• To recap briefly, an agreement negotiated to cut the budget deficit was rejected 10 days ago
  简要概括起来，一项关于削减预算赤字的协议在10天前遭到了否决。
• The company had a deficit of$ 3000.
  这家公司亏空3000美元。
• 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。
• 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。
• Britain's balance of payments deficit has improved slightly.
  英国的国际收支逆差已略有改善。
• By 1973 the government deficit equalled thirty per cent of GNP.
  到1973年，政府财政赤字相当于国民生产总值的30%。
• 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。
• 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。