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网页2013年11月17日 · Coventry, UK. English UK Southern Standard English. Nov 17, 2013. #2. There is a difference, yes. Shortcomings are similar to deficiences: things which are lacking or missing. We talk about a person's "shortcomings" for example. Drawbacks are disadvantages or potential problems. So a plan or an idea might have "drawbacks" to it.
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网页Sep 16, 2016. #4. The difference is really one of context. In the first example both could be used - my preference would be "shortcomings". We generally use shortcomings when referring to people (and by extension their work, such as a paper), whereas we prefer deficiencies for things of a more material or mechanical nature.
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网页Mandarin - China. Dec 19, 2015. #3. Cenzontle said: I would say "Vocabulary is my weak point." "Weakness" and "shortcoming" both seem like something to do with my character, the type of person I am. Very often people say "X is my weakness" and it means that I like X so much that I am unable to refuse it. "Mysteries are my weakness" = "I am ...
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网页2016年10月4日 · A weakness can be remedied later. B. Maybe you're short of something,though you may have some other strong points. A shortcoming may also be overcome. C. If a person did something wrong, he would be marked to have demerits. D. It basically means a flaw. Seeing the key, I feel there is no doubt that the option D works.
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网页Apr 7, 2011. #2. I'll try to respond in more detail later, but I believe shortcoming is usually used to describe a flaw or fault in someone's character or personality, whereas insufficiency seems to refer to a lack of something. Let me get back to you later on this, though. L.
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网页2006年4月4日 · does anyone know an equivalent word in Spanish for such a meaning? thank you ;)
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网页2009年8月30日 · New Member. English - American. Aug 30, 2009. #3. A persons shortcoming usually refers to a lack or flaw in their personality. To describe someone who is rude, one could say of him that, "His lack of manners is a real shortcoming." a gluttons lack of self control could be described as a shortcoming. Shortcomings are usually intangible in …
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网页2006年11月2日 · shortcoming=deficiencia . pejeman Senior Member. Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Español Nov 2, 2006 #3 ...
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网页2022年12月16日 · Hello everyone, I know that flaw is natural/usual in this case meaning ''a weakness in someone's character : a personal fault or failing - Merriam-Webster''. But I'm not sure about ''shortcoming'' in colloquial speech with this same meaning. My question: Does ''shortcoming'' sound natural/usual...
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网页2005年8月13日 · I know my various faults and shortcomings better than anyone else. ¿defectos? ¿fallos?