[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.
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They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
他们已准备好削减下一财年的联邦预算赤字。
...a deficit of 3.275 billion francs.
32.75亿法郎的赤字
If an account or organization is in deficit, more money has been spent than has been received.有赤字的；出现亏损的
The current account of the balance of payments is in deficit.
国际收支往来账户余额为赤字。
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def·icit/ˈdefɪsɪt; NAmEˈdefɪsɪt/noun1( economics 经) the amount by which money spent or owed is greater than money earned in a particular period of time 赤字；逆差；亏损◆a budget/trade deficit预算赤字；贸易逆差◆The trade balance has been in deficitfor the past five years. 过去五年来贸易状况一直是逆差。☞collocationsat
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n. (2 )2( formal) the amount by which sth, especially an amount of money, is too small or smaller than sth else 不足额；缺款额；缺少◆There's a deficit of $3 million in the total needed to complete the project.完成这项工程所需资金中有 300 万元的亏空。◆The team has to come back from a 2–0 deficit in the first half.这支队得扳回上半场 0:2 的落后局面。deficitdeficitsdef·icit/ˈdefɪsɪt; NAmEˈdefɪsɪt/
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deficitdef‧i‧cit /ˈdefɪsɪt/ ●○○ noun [countable]
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the difference between the amount of something that you have and the higher amount that you need → shortfall: the country’s widening budget deficit the US’s foreign trade deficitdeficit of a deficit of £2.5 milliondeficit in Many countries have a big deficit in food supply.in deficit The US balance of payments was in deficit.COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + deficithuge/massive (=very big)· The recession left the Government with a massive deficit.a growing deficit (=becoming bigger)· Congress must slash federal spending to curb a growing deficit.a budget deficit· Last year there was a budget deficit of US $70,000,000.a trade deficit (=the difference between the amount of goods a country imports and the amount it exports)· Last year the country had its largest trade deficit in recent history.verbshave a deficit· We had a trade deficit of more than $4 billion.show a deficit· Friday's trade figures showed a £10 billion deficit.face a deficit· The party is facing a deficit of £1.3million for this year, so it must find ways of cutting its costs.reduce/cut a deficit· We must drastically cut our budget deficit to sustain economic growth.eliminate a deficit (=completely get rid of it)· His proposals have so far failed to eliminate the deficit.
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