deficit
n. 赤字；不足额
deficit既是可数又是不可数。
例句
The larger the trade deficit, the smaller the GDP.
贸易赤字越大，GDP 就越小。
Deficit hawks still worry about the cost of the proposal.
赤字鹰派仍旧担心这项建议的成本。
The money tourists spend helps decrease our chronic trade deficit.
游客的消费有助于减少我们长期的贸易赤字。
