shortage
n. 缺乏，缺少；不足
n.
不足，缺点；缺少；缺少量；不足额
变形
复数：shortages
双语释义
n.(名词)[C] [U] 不足;缺少;缺少量;不足额 lack;the state of not having enough;an amount lacking
英英释义
shortage[ 'ʃɔ:tidʒ ]
n.
the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
同义词：deficitshortfall
an acute insufficiency
同义词：dearthfamine
词组短语
shortage of缺少……
water shortage缺水；水量不足；枯水
shortage of water resources水资源短缺
food shortage粮食短缺
power shortage电力短缺
fund shortage 资金不足， 资金短缺
shortage of capital资金短缺
material shortage材料紧缺
housing shortage房荒；住房紧张；住宅不足
labor shortage劳力短缺，劳动力短缺
manpower shortage劳动力短缺
shortage of fresh water淡水短缺；淡水资源短缺
shortage of manpower劳动力短缺；缺乏劳力
同近义词辨析
shortage, absence, scarcity, lack, want这组词都有“缺乏，不足”的意思，其区别是：
shortage指不足，但侧重达不到规定的，需要的或已知应有的数量。
absence指某物根本不存在或完全短缺，或某人虽存在，但未到现场。
scarcity指产量不足或缺乏某物难以应付或满足需要。
lack普通用词，指部分或完全的不足。
want指完全或短缺某物，侧重缺少之物是必需的东西。使用范围比lack窄些。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
The war was lost because of a shortage of munitions.
战争因军火不足而失败。
Power shortage browned out the city that winter.
那年冬天，由于电力不足，市里采取了部分停电供应措施。
He always bemoans the shortage of funds for research.
他总是叹息研究经费不足。
Continuance of the war will mean shortage of the food.
战争的持续意味着食品短缺。
The company's main problem is the shortage of skilled personnel.
这家公司的主要问题是缺少有技术的人员。
权威例句
Liquidity shortage and banking crisesPollinator shortage and global crop yield
The Wrong Solution to the Teacher Shortage.
Food Shortage in Small Fragments: Evidence from an Area-Sensitive Passerine
Is There Really a Teacher Shortage? A Research Report.
Shortage of circulating naive CD8(+) T cells provides new insights on immunodeficiency in aging.
How do plants respond to nutrient shortage by biomass allocation?
How do plants respond to nutrient shortage by biomass allocation?
A hydraulic signal in root-to-shoot signalling of water shortage
Keeping Good Teachers Pages 30-33 The Wrong Solution to the Teacher Shortage
shortage (n.)
1862, American English, from short + -age.
1. Harry deserted during the food shortage.
哈里在食物缺乏时逃亡了。
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2. The shortage of oil will probably drive prices up.
石油短缺很有可能迫使价格上涨。
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3. Shortage of labour power retarded our economic development.
缺乏劳动力使我们的经济发展速度减慢。
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4. This replacement will have to be done in the future or we will be subject to shortage of power like California. has experienced.
这个替换过程在将来是一定会实现，否则我们将像加利福尼亚州所经历的那样受限制于能源短缺。
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5. There is no shortage of bread for those willing and able to pay higher prices for it.
对于那些能够并且愿意支付高昂价格的人来说，并不存在面包短缺问题。
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6. The shortage you claimed might have occurred in the course of transit, which is out of our control.
贵方所提出的货物短缺可能是在运输过程中发生的，这是我们所无法控制的。
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7. The shortage do not exist to the extent that you report.
短缺并未严重到你报道的那种程度。
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8. There is no shortage of problems demanding that he spends this capital.
需要他动用这些资本解决的问题从来不会短缺。
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9. "Our main [objective]," he adds, "is not to have any shortage of supply.
他补充说，“我们的主要（目标）是不让供应出现短缺。
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10. This shift can be complex, expensive and there is no shortage of opponents to the change.
这种转变是复杂的、昂贵的，而且从来不缺少这种变革的反对者。
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11. Demand stimulus is of no use, since there is no systematic shortage of demand.
需求刺激毫无用处，因为根本不存在系统性的需求短缺。
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12. Clearly, the problem of weak health systems includes the shortage of human resources as well as issues of infrastructure and financing.
卫生系统的薄弱问题包含了缺少人力资源以及基础设施和筹资问题，这一点十分清楚。
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13. Another is a shortage of land and freshwater for use in aquaculture.
另一个障碍是用于水产养殖的土地和淡水资源不足。
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14. All of the roles other than loan completion have a shortage.
除贷款完成角色外，其他所有角色都有短缺。
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15. What would happen if there were a shortage of, say, computer network administrators?
例如，若存在计算机网络管理员的短缺，将会发生什么？
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16. Hence the severe shortage of credit and predictions of worse to come.
因此更严重的信贷短缺和更坏的预期将会到来。
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17. Hence, the solution to this "money shortage" is to reduce these activities.
所以，“货币短缺”的解决办法是减少这些经济活动。
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18. Hence, the solution to this "money shortage" is to reduce these activities.
所以，“货币短缺”的解决办法是减少这些经济活动。
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