• n. 赤字；不足額

de-, 不，非，使相反。-fic, 做，詞源同defect, efficient. 即沒做好，出現赤字的。

deficit (n.)

1782, from French déficit (late 17c.), from Latin deficit "it is wanting," an introductory word in clauses of inventory, third person singular present indicative of deficere "to be deficient" (see deficient).

1. These will be very constrained budgets designed to get the deficit down.

這些預算旨在減少赤字，將會大大受限。

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2. By 1973 the government deficit equalled thirty per cent of GNP.

到1973年，政府財政赤字相當于國民生產總值的30%。

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3. He recovered from a 4-2 deficit to reach the quarter-finals.

他在2比4落后的情況下實現逆轉闖進1/4決賽。

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4. The US trade deficit widened to $7.59 billion in November.

11月美國的貿易赤字擴大到75.9億美元。

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5. He promised to get to work on the state's massive deficit.

他承諾著手解決國家龐大的財政赤字問題。

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