简单释义：

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n. 赤字；逆差；亏损；不足额

网络 亏空；财政赤字；短缺

变形：

复数：deficits  

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完整释义：

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n.

1.不敷,亏空(额),赤字;欠缺
2.〔经〕财政赤字
3.欠缺,缺陷;短缺,亏缺
4.〔气〕亏损
5.亏空额;不足;
6.亏额
7.欠款,逆差,不足之处

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例句：

1. C reducing a country's national budget deficit will not necessarily result in a lowering of any trade deficit that country may have.
   减少一个国家的政府预算赤字并不会必然的引起这个国家的任何贸易赤字的降低。

2. A third disaster might be a huge financial crisis perhaps involving a collapsing dollar and a brutal reduction in the US external deficit.
   第三个灾难可能是一场巨大的金融危机，也许会涉及到美元的崩溃和美国对外赤字的急剧缩减。

3. But that would be a good thing for the United States, since it would make our goods more competitive and reduce our trade deficit.
   但是这对美国来说是件好事，因为这令到我们的商品有更大的竞争力，以减少我们的贸易赤字。

4. With regard to the second, the data do not at present favor the hypothesis that dyslexia is the result of a magnocellular deficit.
   关于第二个，这些数据目前不支持的假设诵读困难是由于巨赤字。

5. He did not heed the warning signs as household savings fell, a current-account deficit persisted and a budget shortfall emerged.
   他没有注意到许多警告，如家庭储蓄下降，经常账户持续赤字以及所出现的预算不足。

6. Spain, which has a bigger current deficit but relatively modest promises to its citizens, shows up in Gokhale's calculations at 244%.
   西班牙的财赤更大，可是给人民的福利相对较少，据高克利统计是244%。

7. We were in trouble to start with, and it was all over when Mondale said he would propose a hefty tax increase to reduce the budget deficit.
   民主党的竞选从一开始就不顺利，而且蒙代尔说他将提议大幅度增加税收，以减少财政预算的赤字，更惹了不少麻烦。

8. I've been getting a few e-mails and tweets recently asking how much of the deficit is the result of bailing out the banks.
   最近，我收到了一些电子邮件和Twitter留言，问我财政赤字中有多大部分是由于救助银行的行动造成的。