inadequacy

英[in'ædikwəsi]美[in'ædikwəsi]

n.
1.不充分，不足，不胜任
2.毛病，缺陷，弱点

同：	[n.] deficiency, inadequateness, insufficiency
反：	[n.] adequacy, adequateness, sufficiency

He sought to obscure his lack of assurance by boisterousness, and his sense of latent inadequacy by occasional bullying
他老是试图用吵吵嚷嚷的言词来掩饰他的缺乏自信，有时则靠吓唬人来掩饰他的外强中干。收藏
Self - reproach for supposed inadequacy or wrongdoing.
自责由于不适当的做法或错误而产生的自责收藏
He always bemoans his inadequacy in the face of difficulties and has to give up half way.
他一遇困难便望洋兴叹,只好半途而废。收藏
Arousing contemptuous pity,as through ineptitude or inadequacy.
可鄙的似乎是由无能或功能不全引起的鄙视的怜悯收藏
Their inadequacy is not surprising.
之所以如此并不让人讶异收藏

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lack of an adequate quantity or number
- the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
[同] deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency
[反] adequacy, sufficiency
a lack of competence
- pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
- juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
[同] inadequacy, insufficiency

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