Insufficiency

(noun.) lack of an adequate quantity or number; 'the inadequacy of unemployment benefits'.

(noun.) (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally.

(noun.) a lack of competence; 'pointed out the insufficiencies in my report'; 'juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents'.

赛勒斯录入

• But the very reason for which it has been thought necessary to grant a bounty, is the supposed insufficiency of the price to do this. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The moment we perceive the falshood of any supposition, or the insufficiency of any means our passions yield to our reason without any opposition. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• At any rate, she had so many uses for it that its very insufficiency had caused her to play high in the hope of doubling it. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Yet she could never stop up the terrible gap of insufficiency. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• We are all unanimous in that wish, I suppose, said Elinor, in spite of the insufficiency of wealth. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.

校对:马奇