词组 | deficit |
释义 | deficit /ˈdefəsət, ˈdefɪsət/ noun the difference between the amount of money that a country, organization etc spends and the amount that it earns adjectives/nouns + deficita huge/massive deficit (=very big) These economic problems left the government with a massive deficit.a growing deficit (=becoming bigger) Congress must make big cuts in government spending to reduce this growing deficit.a trade deficit (=the difference between the amount of goods a country imports and the amount it exports) Last year the country had its largest trade deficit in recent history.a budget deficit Last year there was a budget deficit of $700 billion.a projected deficit (=which people expect in the future) The UK is facing a projected deficit of several billion pounds.a federal deficit AmE (=of the US government) The president should do more to tackle the federal deficit.a public-sector deficit (=relating to government departments and government-owned industries) There is concern about Germany’s growing public-sector deficit.verbshave a deficit The UK had a trade deficit of more than £4 billion.show a deficit Friday’s trade figures showed a €10 billion deficit.face a deficit The company is facing a deficit of £1.3 million for this year.reduce/cut a deficit We must drastically cut our budget deficit to help economic growth.deal with/tackle a deficit Conditions will not improve unless the government tackles the huge deficit.finance/fund a deficit (=use money to prevent it from getting bigger) This money is no longer available to fund the deficit.eliminate/correct a deficit also wipe out a deficit informal It will take years to wipe out the deficit.reverse a deficit (=change a situation so that you earn more money than you spend) Our main aim is to reverse the trade deficit.deficit + nounsdeficit reduction There needs to be a greater emphasis on deficit reduction.prepositionsa deficit of €1 million/$1 billion etc How will the government deal with a deficit of over a billion dollars?a deficit in sth The nation faces a growing deficit in foreign trade.in deficit If a country finds itself in deficit, action should be taken early. |
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