中英互译
shortcoming
英 /ˈʃɔːtkʌmɪŋ/美 /ˈʃɔːrtkʌmɪŋ/
基本释义
- n.缺点,短处
复数shortcomings
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词语例句
缺点,短处cn. (常pl.)
I recognize my own shortcomings.
我承认我自己的那些缺点。
We are often ashamed of our shortcomings, our mistakes and our failures.
我们常常为自己的缺点、错误和失败感到羞愧。
But if the book has one major shortcoming, it's that the authors don't spend enough time applying a critical eye to the role of Internet businesses in these sweeping changes.
但如果说这本书有一个主要的缺点,那就是作者没有下足功夫,以批判的眼光来看待互联网企业在这些变革中所扮演的角色。
- One shortcoming of too much work is that it may cause healthy problems.过多工作的一个缺点是可能会引起健康问题。
- Another shortcoming is that it is not applicable to certain very muscular people such as athletes and bodybuilders, who can also have artificially high BMIs.另一个缺点是它不适用于一些像运动员和健美运动员这样的肌肉发达的人,他们也可以有人为造成的身体质量指数偏高的情况。
- If the book has one major shortcoming, it's that the authors don't spend enough time applying a critical eye to the role of Internet businesses in these sweeping changes.如果说这本书有一个大的缺点,那就是作者没有下足功夫,以批判的眼光来看待互联网企业在这些重大变革中所扮演的角色。
网络短语
- City life advantage and shortcoming诚实生活的利与弊;关于城市生活的利与弊;城市生活的利与弊
- Biggest shortcoming认为自己最大的缺点
- Merit shortcoming优点缺点;优缺点;长处缺陷
- Advantage and shortcoming利与弊
- shortcoming of drawing的缺点提;绘图的缺点;缺点绘图
词语扩展
- mistake/shortcoming/error/fault
- mistake指判断或理解方面,或指因考虑不周而造成的错误,搭配是make a mistake。
- shortcoming缺点,可指人或事物的本质上不足之处(常用复数)。如:In spite of his shortcomings, I still like him.(尽管他缺点多,我仍然喜欢他。)
- error是通用词,指任何错误,“犯错误”可以说commit /make an error。
- fault表示“过失”,可与error通用,现多用来指缺点,特指缺乏某要素因而不完美。如:There is a fault in this machine.(这台机器有一处毛病。)构成短语 find fault with挑剔,找毛病。
- mistake/flaw/shortcoming/error/defect/slip/fault/blunder
词义分布
缺点
91.5%
短处
2.5%
欠缺
2.1%
毛病
1.7%
缺欠
1.3%
不足点
0.8%
英英释义
- n.a failing or deficiency
词源
- shortcoming短处,缺点词根词缀: short短的 + come出现 + -ing
- shortcoming缺点,短处来自短语 come short,不足的,不够的。引申名词词义缺点,短处。