先天不足 be congenitally deficient
an inadequate natural endowment
inherent shortage of
- 除了管理人员的无能,欧元没有“先天不足”。
The euro has no "inherent problems," except for the incompetence of its managers. - 去年,这家伦敦第二大机场的客运量下降了5%,仅有一条跑道令该机场显得先天不足——至少目前是这样。
Last year, passenger numbers at London's second airport fell 5 per cent and the single runway leaves the airport inherently constrained – for now. - 联合国粮农组织的阿布多雷萨•阿巴西安认为,黑海沿岸地区气候多变,这就决定了该地区的谷物耕种存在先天不足。
Abdolreza Abbassian of the FAO thinks that the variable weather in the region around the Black Sea makes it inherently less suited to cereal cultivation.