Soils are most commonly deficient in nitrogen and phosphorus.

土壤最经常缺乏氮和磷。

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Some soils are notoriously deficient in micro nutrients and are therefore unable to support most plant life.

有些土壤是出了名的缺乏微量营养，因此无法支持大多数植物的生命。

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So-called serpentine soils, for example, are deficient in calcium, and only plants able to tolerate low levels of this mineral can survive.

例如，所谓的蛇形土壤缺乏钙，只有对低水平的这种矿物质耐受的植物才能生存。

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Look at line number four, which is so clearly -- simply by looking at this, you can tell it's deficient in the number of syllables.

看第四行，显而易见--单单看一眼,就能看出它的音节数不够。

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The plants can be deficient in certain things, especially fat soluble vitamins that come from meat and from essential amino acids.

植物中缺乏某些物质,特别是脂溶性维生素,那些只能从肉类和必需氨基酸中获得

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All four of these hydrogens are electron-deficient in the same manner.

四个氢都是,以相同的方式缺电子。

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"The engineering design of the building was deficient in a number of respects, " it found.

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And, because food is not completely absorbed, patients may also become deficient in certain nutrients and vitamins.

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