deficit

Definitions

de- (down, away) + fic (weakened fac, 'do/make') = 'it is lacking.' Deficit is actually a Latin verb form, deficit, '(it) is wanting/falls short.' De- 'undoes' the making, so a deficit is what fails to get made up — the gap where something should be but isn't.

Common Collocations

• 1.budget deficit预算赤字
• 2.trade deficit贸易赤字
• 3.run a deficit出现赤字
• 4.fiscal deficit财政赤字
• 5.deficit spending赤字支出

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The government is trying to reduce the budget deficit.

• 2.

  The country runs a large trade deficit.

• 3.

  He has a slight attention deficit.