知识扩展
易混词辨析
adequate、inadequacy、insufficiency
1. inadequacy:名词 “不足;不充分;缺陷(侧重 “数量或能力上的不足,可数 / 不可数”)”(搭配 “inadequacy of funds;inadequacy in skills;address inadequacies”);
2. adequate:形容词 “足够的;适当的(反义词)”,近义差异(“adequate supply”(足够的供应) vs “inadequacy of supply”(供应不足));
3. insufficiency:名词 “不足;不够(侧重 “数量上的不足,正式”)”,近义差异(“insufficiency of food”(食物不足) vs “inadequacy of food and skills”(食物和技能不足));
4. 高频错拼:易漏写 “a”(误写 “inadequacy” 为 “inadequacy”);
5. 搭配误区:“inadequacy of/in + 事物”(正确),易误写 “insufficiency in + 事物”(也可,但 “inadequacy” 可指 “能力缺陷”,“insufficiency” 不可)。