feelings of inadequacy• She's sent a letter to her sister Bernadine talking of her feelings of inadequacy.• To them, it was a game, and those two had very large feelings of inadequacy.• It was not easy for him to come to grips with the pain of his own feelings of inadequacy.• Perhaps not, but plenty of people have sought power as compensation for their own feelings of inadequacy.• He projected significant feelings of inadequacy.• Unproductivefeelings of inadequacyhinder your behaviour in a variety of ways.• Essentially, all these blocks to communication and self-expression are to do with feelings of inadequacy, and poor self-image.• Your feelings of inadequacy are always triggered by some external event or happening.
inadequacy of• the inadequacy of America's health-care system
ADJECTIVE | VERB + INADEQUACY | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤personal個人的不足➤sexual, social性缺陷;社交能力不足➤fundamental本質上的不足➤total (especially BrE) 完全不稱職;完全不充分➤glaring, obvious突出的弱點;明顯的不足➤perceived已發現的不足◇Elliott was tormented by his own perceived inadequacies.埃利奧特因為發現自己的不足而痛苦萬分。VERB + INADEQUACY➤demonstrate, expose, highlight, point out, point to, reveal, show顯示不足;暴露不足;凸顯弱點;指出不足之處◇She rightly points to the inadequacy of the argument.她恰當地指出了論點的不足之處。◇The test soon revealed several inadequacies in the equipment.檢測結果很快就顯示出設備的好幾處缺陷。➤realize, recognize意識到缺點;認識到不足◇I now see the inadequacy of the explanation.現在我看到這種解釋的不足了。➤cover up, hide (both especially BrE) 掩蓋/隱藏不足◇They possibly falsified the results to cover up the inadequacies of their theory.他們有可能篡改了結果,以掩蓋其理論的種種缺陷。➤overcome克服缺陷◇Clear legislative reform is needed to overcome the inadequacies of the current situation.為了克服當前局勢的種種不利,需要進行明確的立法改革。PREPOSITION➤inadequacy in⋯方面的不足◇inadequacies in educational facilities教育設施的不足PHRASES➤a feeling of inadequacy, a sense of inadequacy不能勝任的感覺