不足的英語單詞

2024年3月20日發(作者：無庸諱言)

英語中表示不足的七個單詞及其用法

一、insufficient

insufficient是一個形容詞，意思是“不足的”、“不充分的”，是sufficient的反義詞，指數量上不能滿足或

達到某一需求。例如：

He was tired becau he had had insufficient sleep. 由于睡眠不足，他顯得很疲倦。

The children were dwarfed by insufficient food. 這些孩子因營養不足而發育不全。

In diabetes the body produces insufficient insulin. 糖尿病患者體內不能分泌足夠的胰島素。

The food and drinks were insufficient for the needs of twenty lads. 食物和飲料不夠二十個小伙

子吃。

二、inadequate

inadequate也是一個形容詞，意思是“不足的”、“不充分的”，是adequate的反義詞，指數量或質量上

不足以滿足或達到基本的要求，或指能力、才能、資歷等沒有達到要求。例如：

Many illness are the result of inadequate sanitation. 許多疾病都來源于不健全的衛生設施。

The parking facilities are inadequate for a busy shopping centre. 對于一個繁忙的購物中心來

說，停車設施不夠用。

I think that his qualification is inadequate for the position. 我認為他的資歷不足以勝任這個職

位。

三、lacking

lacking是一個形容詞，意思是“缺乏的”、“不足的”，是一個普通用詞，用法同其動詞和名詞，表示數

量的不足不夠，或完全缺乏，常與介詞in連用。例如：

A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy. 缺乏營養價值的飲食不能維持

人的健康。

We are lacking in adequate fund to continue the program which has carried out for three years.

我們缺少足夠的資金繼續這個已經進行了三年的項目。

I believe that you em to be lacking in frankness on the matter. 我認為在這件事上你似乎不夠

坦率。

She felt nervous, increasingly lacking in confidence about herlf. 她感到緊張，對自己越來越

缺乏信心。

四、deficient

deficient是一個形容詞，意思是“缺乏的”、“不足的”，多指人和生物所需物質，如食物，水、維生

素、鈣、鐵、鋅等，也可指智力或性格的缺失，常與介詞in連用。例如：

Children's brains cannot develop when they are deficient in protein. 兒童大腦缺乏蛋白質就無法

發育。

A diet deficient in vitamin D may cau the dia rickets. 缺少維生素D的飲食可能導致軟骨

病。

You're meddlesome, proud and deficient in patience. 你愛管閑事、驕傲且缺乏耐性。

He always have been deficient in lf-confidence and decision. 他向來缺乏自信和果斷。

If someone is chronically calcium or vitamin D deficient, their bones gradually get weaker. 如果

人長期缺鈣或缺維生素D，骨頭就會逐漸變得脆弱。

Poor drainage caus deficient soil aeration and death of the roots. 排水不良能減低土壤的透氣

性，使根死亡。

五、scarce

scarce是一個形容詞，意思是“稀少的”、“罕見的”，指數量少，不足，側重強調非常緊缺，遠遠不能

滿足需求。例如：

Due to vere frost, food and vegetables became scarce in the country. 由于嚴重的霜凍,國內

食品和蔬菜十分稀缺。

Despite continuing immigration, artisans were scarce. 盡管移民不斷增加, 但技工還是很缺乏。

Food and fuel were scarce in this region. 這個地區食物和燃料都很短缺。

Strawberries are scarce in the market this year. 今年市場上草莓很稀少。

六、scanty

scanty是一個形容詞，意思是“不足的”、“缺乏的”，側重指數量不足，缺少程度比scarce低，而且并

非總是含消極意義。例如：

His scanty clothing did not keep out the cold. 他衣服單薄不足以御寒。

The potato crop was rather scanty this year. 今年土豆歉收。

七、meager

meager是一個形容詞，意思是“不足的”、“缺乏的”，指數量或質量上不足，不夠豐富或滿意，常含有

貶義。例如：

The soil was too meager to support any crops. 這土壤太貧瘠，無法種植任何作物。

The food was meager and barely edible. 食物不僅少，而且難以下咽。