adj. 不足的,缺乏的;有缺陷的;不充分的;短少
网络 匮乏; 空乏
Deaf people are sometimes treated as being mentally deficient.
耳聋的人有时被看作智力不健全。
Soils are most commonly deficient in nitrogen and phosphorus.
土壤最经常缺乏氮和磷。
Nitrogen-deficient plants exhibit many of the symptoms just described.
缺氮植物表现出上述的许多症状。
Some soils are notoriously deficient in micro nutrients and are therefore unable to support most plant life.
有些土壤是出了名的缺乏微量营养,因此无法支持大多数植物的生命。
The shale was deposited in an oxygen-deficient lake where lethal gases sometimes bubbled up and killed animals.
页岩沉积在一个缺氧的湖泊里,那里有时会冒出致命的气体,杀死动物。