thiếu hụt
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Adjective:
- Deficient / Inadequate: Describes a state where there is not enough of something required or expected, resulting in a shortfall or insufficiency.
- In deficit: Specifically used to describe a budget, account, or system where expenditures or losses exceed income or resources.
Noun:
- A deficit / A shortfall: The amount by which something, especially a sum of money or a quantity, is too small or falls short of what is needed.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ngân sách nhà nước bị thiếu hụt. (The state budget is in deficit.)
- Nguồn lực cho dự án này rất thiếu hụt. (The resources for this project are very inadequate.)
- Noun:
- Chúng ta đang đối mặt với một sự thiếu hụt lương thực nghiêm trọng. (We are facing a serious food shortage.)
- Sự thiếu hụt ngân sách phải được bù đắp. (The budget deficit must be covered.)
Advanced Usage
- "Thiếu hụt ngoại tệ": foreign exchange deficit.
- Nền kinh tế đang vật lộn với tình trạng thiếu hụt ngoại tệ. (The economy is struggling with a foreign exchange deficit.)
- "Thiếu hụt dinh dưỡng": nutritional deficiency.
- Thiếu hụt dinh dưỡng có thể dẫn đến nhiều vấn đề sức khỏe. (Nutritional deficiency can lead to many health problems.)
Variants and Related Words
- Thiếu (adj/v): to lack, to be short of. This is the root word, while "thiếu hụt" often implies a more calculated or systemic shortfall.
- Chúng tôi thiếu nhân viên. (We are short of staff.)
- Thâm hụt (n): deficit (often used interchangeably with "thiếu hụt" in economic contexts, but can imply a deeper, more entrenched shortfall).
- Thâm hụt thương mại (trade deficit).
Synonyms
- Deficient: Lacking in some necessary quality or element.
- Insufficient: Not enough; inadequate.
- Shortfall: A deficit of something required.
Related Idioms
- "Lấp chỗ thiếu hụt": to fill a gap / to make up for a shortfall.
- Chúng ta cần tìm nguồn vốn mới để lấp chỗ thiếu hụt. (We need to find new capital to fill the shortfall.)
adj
- short of, inadequate, deficient