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名詞

1

（＝皆無）want; lack; absence; failure:（=する）（人を主格とすれば）to want; to lack; to be in want of （something）; to run out of （something）:（物を主格とすれば）to fail; to be absent; to be to seek; to run out

用例

• ここは水が欠乏することは決して無い
  We never lack water here
  Water never fails here.

• 供給が欠乏した
  The supply failed.
• 良教師が欠乏している
  We are in want of good teachers
  Good teachers are much to seek.
• 僕は小遣が欠乏した
  I have run out of pocket-money
  My pocket-money has run out.
• 資金が欠乏した
  I am in want of funds.
• 資金欠乏のため洋行を断念した
  I gave up the idea of going abroad for want of funds.
• 降雨欠乏のため百姓が困っている
  The crops are suffering from want of rain.
• 資金欠乏のため事業を中止した
  The work was abandoned for lack of funds―（は理由、原因とすれば）―from lack of funds.
• あの会社は資金欠乏のために困っている
  That company is pressed for capital.
• 良い字書の欠乏を痛切に感ずる
  The want of a good dictionary is keenly felt.
• 欠乏を感ずる
  to feel the want of something―miss something
• あの本が無いと欠乏を感ずる
  I miss the book very much.
• 必要品欠乏
  privation
• シベリアでは必要品を欠乏している
  People want the necessaries of life in Siberia
  People suffer privations in Siberia.
• 必要品欠乏のために死ぬ者がたくさんある
  Many die of privation.
• 欠乏に応ずる
  to meet a want
• 欠乏を補う
  to supply a want
• 痛切なる欠乏に応ずるために、痛切なる欠乏を補うためにできた本だ
  The book was written to meet a keenly-felt want―to supply a keenly-felt want.

2

（＝不足）scarcity; deficiency; shortage; dearth; famine:（=する）（人を主格とすれば）to run short of （anything）:（欠乏する物を主格とすれば）to run short; to run low; to be scarce

用例

• 食糧が欠乏した
  We ran short of provisions
  Provisions ran short.

• 食糧欠乏のため遠征を中止した
  The expedition was given up owing to the shortage of provisions.
• 金が欠乏してきた
  Money runs low.
• 僕は小遣が欠乏した
  I have run short of pocket-money.
• 良教師が欠乏している
  Good teachers are scarce
  There is a dearth of good teachers.
• 暑中水が欠乏した
  Waters ran short in summer
  There was water famine in summer.
• 住宅欠乏のため困っている者がある
  Some people are suffering from the scarcity of houses.
• 欠乏を補う
  to supply a deficiency―make up the deficit