deficit

【发音】

美 /'dɛfəsɪt/ 英 /'defɪsɪt/

【翻译】

1. n. 赤字， 亏空， 亏损

   英释:the difference between the amount of something that you have and the higher amount that you need

【记忆】

de(向下) ＋ fic(做) ＋ it → 经济滑坡， 财政赤字 → 赤字

【短语】

1. trade deficit : n. 贸易逆差；贸易赤字

2. budget deficit : 预算赤字

3. fiscal deficit : 财政赤字

4. water deficit : 水分亏缺；缺水量

5. current account deficit : 收支往来帐户赤字；经常账目赤字

6. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder : 过动症，注意力不足过动症；过度活跃症

7. financial deficit : 财政赤字；预算赤字

8. attention deficit disorder : 注意缺失紊乱；注意力缺损/缺失症

9. deficit spending : （尤指政府的）赤字开支；寅吃卯粮

10. federal deficit : 联邦赤字

11. overall deficit : 总逆差

12. foreign trade deficit : 对外贸易逆差

13. saturation deficit : 饱和差；饱和不足量；饱和亏缺

14. deficit financing : 赤字财政

【例句】

1. the country’s widening budget deficit

   这个国家日益严重的预算赤字

2. the US’s foreign trade deficit

   美国的对外贸易逆差

【真题例句】

1. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 听力题)...I've put forward a detailed plan that allows us to make these investments while reducing our deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade...

2. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 听力题)...And it's a plan to reduce our deficit in a balanced and responsible way...

3. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 听力题)...we face a series of deadlines that require us to make major decisions about how to pay down our deficit —decisions that will have a huge impact on the economy and the middle class...

4. (2013.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...If deficit reduction aggravates these biases...

5. (2013.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...The dry statistics ought to inform the ongoing deficit debate...

6. (2012.6 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...5% would significantly reduce the country’s huge government deficit without damaging productivity...

7. (2012.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...turbulence in Europe and the US deficit have scared consumers...

8. (2011.12 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...trade deficit in June...

9. (2011.12 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...When the Commerce Department reported last week that the trade deficit in June approached $50 billion...

【单词相关测试】

1. An energy tax would curb ordinary air pollution, limit oil imports and cut the budget ______. 点击查看答案

   正确答案：D

   解释：句意： 能源税将控制一般的空气污染， 限制石油进口， 并减少财政预算赤字。disposition： 部署； discrepancy： 矛盾； de-fect： 过失， 缺点。

   A. dispositionB. discrepancyC. defectD. deficit

【同、近义词】

1. n.[财政]赤字；不足额

   red ink/

【同根词】

1. adj

   deficient : 不足的；有缺陷的；不充分的

2. n

   deficiency : 缺陷，缺点；缺乏；不足的数额