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单词 deficit
释义
deficit
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdef.ɪ.sɪt/us
/ˈdef.ə.sɪt/
C1
thetotalamountby whichmoneyspentis more thanmoneyreceived:
赤字；逆差；亏损
Thecountryisrunninga balance-of-payments/budget/tradedeficitof$250 million.该国的收支差额／预算赤字／贸易逆差已达2.5亿美元。
The UK's deficitinmanufacturedgoodsfellslightlyin the last threemonths.在过去的3个月里，英国制造业的亏损略有好转。
Synonym
shortfall
Opposite
surplus
More examples
  • There are manypriorities, butreducingthebudgetdeficit isparamount/is ofparamountimportance.
  • By late in the firsthalfUnitedwerestaringat a seven-goal deficit andalmostcertaindefeat.
  • The UKtradedeficitwidened/narrowedlastmonth.
  • Thegovernmentclaimedthey were doing a goodjobofreducingthe country'stradedeficit andbalancingthebudget.
  • The deficit has beenrisinginrecentyearsbecause of adropinearningsfromoil, the country'smainexport.
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(Definition ofdeficitfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

deficit| American Dictionary

deficit
noun[C]
us
/ˈdef·ə·sət/
theamountby whichmoneyspentis more thanmoneyreceived:
Thetheaterhas beenoperatingat a deficit of over $150,000 ayear.
(Definition ofdeficitfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

deficit| Business English

deficit
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdefɪsɪt/us
ECONOMICS,FINANCE
thetotalamountby whichmoneyspentby abusinessorgovernmentis more than themoneyitreceives:
a deficit of £10 million/$1 billion, etc.The twocompaniesbetween them havereporteda deficit ofnearly$14bn.
have/run/show a deficitAbout a third of the nation'snon-profitartspresentersrunalargedeficit eachyear,accordingto Charity Navigator.
reduce/cuta deficit
federal/government/publicdeficit
The USbalanceofpaymentsdeficitwasrunningat over 4% ofgrossdomesticproduct.
theamountby which something,especiallyanamountofmoney, issmallerthan it should be:
apension/pensionfunddeficit
a deficit in sthThecompanyreportedthat anestimated$31.5 million deficit in this year'soperatingbudgetwould end up at about $20 million as aresultofsavings.
There is a deficit oftrustbetween thecustomerand thebanks, which yesterday'sheadlinefigurewill do little todispel.
Compare
surplus
in deficit
used todescribeasituationwhen abusinessorcountryhasspentmoremoneythan it hasreceived, or anamountofmoneyissmallerthan it should be:
At thetime, the FederalBudgetwasexpectedtoremainin deficit until at least Fiscal 2011.
Attheirlastvaluation,almostallcouncilpensionfundswere in deficit.

See also

budget deficit
current account deficit
external deficit
trade deficit
(Definition ofdeficitfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdeficit

deficit
The cooling paradigm also permitted rapid reversal and repeated demonstration of deficits in the same testing session.
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In practice the pace of expenditure anddeficitreduction was in advance of that planned and as a consequence tax relaxation was possible.
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If the results indicate neither memory nor symbolic play deficits, then further consideration of the executive dysfunction hypothesis is warranted.
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The answer should provide an evaluation of the role of memory in the symbolic deficits found in children with autism.
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At the physiological level, both depressive symptoms and deficits in deep memory processes may be associated with decreased prefrontal metabolism.
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That is, they reflect a primarydeficit, not secondary to other aspects of the illness (clinical symptoms) or other treatment-related factors (medication effects).
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In short, early damage to the left (or right) hemisphere when there is normal plasticity tends to lead to recovery with no longlasting gross deficits.
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This overvalued the currency, causing an increase in imports and thus a current-accountdeficit.
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However, what ultimately is required here is a demonstration of localized damage correlated with modality-specific deficits.
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In this study it is unclear whether marital violence, family upheaval, or homelessness accounts for the observed deficits in children's social competence.
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However, it was unclear how these deficits would manifest with increasing child age.
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However, the exact relationship of these cognitive deficits to catatonic symptoms remains unclear.
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A precise mechanism and pathophysiology, which could account for this puredeficit, is however, elusive.
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One child, for example, may have a coredeficitin phonological awareness but strong listening comprehension and oral vocabulary.
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But, in fact, his input and output deficits match one another very precisely, suggesting adeficitin underlying competence.
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Collocationswithdeficit

deficit

These are words often used in combination withdeficit.

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annual deficit
We could still be left with anannualdeficitof about £16 billion over the next four or five years.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
attention deficit disorder
A recent study was conducted with adults who suffer from attentiondeficitdisorder.
From theCambridge English Corpus
cognitive deficit
In contrast, lexical memory and hearing appear to be relatively spared, and there is no convincing evidence for a generalcognitivedeficit.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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