- [uncountable] inadequacy (of something)
the state of not being enough or good enough 不充分;不足;不够 the inadequacy of our resources 我们的资源的贫乏
Extra ExamplesHis advice was to be defensive and never admit to any inadequacy. 他的建议是处处戒备,决不承认任何缺点。 I now see the inadequacy of the explanation. 现在我看到这种解释的不足了。 She rightly points to the inadequacy of the argument. 她恰当地指出了论点的不足之处。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
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a state of not being able or confident to deal with a situation 不胜任;缺乏信心 a feeling/sense of inadequacy 不称职之感
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
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- [countable, usually plural] inadequacy (of/in something)
a weakness; a lack of something 弱点;缺陷;某事物的缺乏 gross inadequacies in the data 数据资料的极端匮乏 He had to face up to his own inadequacies as a father. 他不得不正视自身作为父亲的不足。
Extra ExamplesElliott was tormented by his own perceived inadequacies. 埃利奥特因为发现自己的不足而痛苦万分。 The prime minister's personal inadequacy contributed to the fall of the government. 首相的个人缺陷导致了政府的垮台。 The test soon revealed several inadequacies in the equipment. 检测结果很快就显示出设备的好几处缺陷。 They possibly falsified the results to cover up the inadequacies of their theory. 他们有可能篡改了结果,以掩盖其理论的种种缺陷。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
- sexual
- social
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- demonstrate
- expose
- highlight
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- inadequacy in
- a feeling of inadequacy
- a sense of inadequacy