deficit

noun

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

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

Synonym: shortageshortfall

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

e.g. last year there was a serious budgetary deficit

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

4. a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning

e.g. the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory
they have serious linguistic deficits

1. 差额;赤字;亏损;逆差
A deficit is the amount by which something is less than what is required or expected, especially the amount by which the total money received is less than the total money spent.

e.g. They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
他们已准备好削减下一财年的联邦预算赤字。
e.g. ...a deficit of 3.275 billion francs.
32.75亿法郎的赤字

1. deficit

1. 逆差：如果收入大于支出,国际收支的差额就称为顺差(Surplus如果支出大于收入,这个差额就称为逆差(Deficit如果收入和支出相等,就称为国际收支平衡(Equilibrium).

2. (预算)赤字：欧盟统计局表示,希腊2009年预算赤字(Deficit)高于早前的估计,且数据仍可能继续向上调整,另外穆迪下调希腊主权评级至A3,周四欧元EUR受打压再次大幅下跌,欧元EUR/美元USD一度跌至11个月低点.

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3. 财政赤字：但美联储前主席格林斯潘上周五接受媒体采访时表示,债券收益率上扬,表明投资人对庞大的联邦债务很担心,可能预示中长期利率水平的进一步上扬. 同时,美国利率掉期息差本周也缩窄至记录最低水平,表明投资人对不断上升的财政赤字(Deficit)非常担心.