deficit

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

低于预期或要求的数量

new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit

新血管从已经扩张的血管床上冒出，以弥补营养不足

shortage

shortfall

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

负债超过资产（通常超过一段时间）

last year there was a serious budgetary deficit

去年出现了严重的预算赤字

(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing

（体育）一个队或个人输的分数

a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning

神经或精神功能上的缺陷或失败

the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory

有关的人在语言记忆上有缺陷

they have serious linguistic deficits

他们有严重的语言缺陷