deficit

英[ˈdefɪsɪt]美[ˈdefɪsɪt]

n.差额，赤字，亏损，逆差；

复数：deficits;

例句

And I was among a great chorus out on the hustings speaking out against this consistent and constant deficit spending.我与一大伙人在竞选台上，一致声言反对习以为常的赤字开支。

The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。

We raised ￡100, and we need ￡200; that's a deficit of ￡100.我们筹措了100英镑, 而我们需要200英镑, 还缺100英镑。

a budget deficit*府预算赤字

The U.S. trade deficit hit a record $ 152 thousand - million that same year.1987年美国的贸易逆差创历史*高纪录,达到1520亿美元.

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。

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。

Unreported inventory may linger and the underlying deficit looks smaller than before.未报告的存货可能会延迟,标的赤字似乎小于以前.

The budget deficit has ballooned to $25 billion.预算赤字已经猛增到250亿美元。

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。

英语六级真题

The dry statistics ought to inform the ongoing deficit debate, because a budget is not just a catalog of programs and taxes.

If deficit reduction aggravates these biases, more Americans may choose not to have children or to have fewer children

Peter Orszag, Obama's Budget Director, recently called the US budget deficits unsustainable and he's right.

To urge the American government to cut deficits

A simple consumption tax of, say, 5% would significantly reduce the country's huge government deficit without damaging productivity.

In the same way, a significant reduction of wasteful agricultural subsidies could also lower the deficit

What is the author's suggestion to the American public in face of the public government deficit?

When the Commerce Department reported last week that the trade deficit in June approached $50 billion, it set off a new round of economic doom saying

The children we identified as having attention difficulties were not diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (注意力缺乏多动症, ADHD), although some may have had the disorder.

You see there has been a sharp increase in Indian's balance of payment deficit.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

差额;赤字;亏损;逆差

A deficit is 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.

例句

英汉词典释义

n.

不足额，缺款额，缺少

赤字, 亏空, 亏损，逆差

英英词典释义

Noun

1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

2. an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)

行业词典

体育： 比分落后；

医学： 短缺；

法律： 逆差；