shortage

[英] [ˈʃɔ:tidʒ] [美] [ˈʃɔrtɪdʒ] 生词本

n.

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 行业释义

  • 词典例句

1. N-VAR 不足;缺少;短缺 If there is a shortage of something, there is not enough of it. 
  • A shortage of funds is preventing the UN from monitoring relief...

    资金短缺使联合国无法督导救援工作。

  • Vietnam is suffering from food shortage...

    越南正遭受食物短缺之苦。

  • There's no shortage of ideas when it comes to improving the education of children.

    谈到改善孩子教育问题,大家都想法多多。

Noun

1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

2. an acute insufficiency

法律

  • 1.短缺
  • 2.缺量
  • 3.缺额

电力

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  • 1.缺电
1. A shortage of building land will push property values up.
建筑用地缺乏将造成房地产价格逐渐上升。

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2. Because of the housing shortage, many couples had to double up in one tiny apartment.
由于住房紧张,许多对夫妻只好挤在一栋公寓里。

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3. Heavy storms worsened the fuel shortage.
狂风暴雨使燃料短缺情况更加严重。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. If uncontrolled, the shortage would set off a new rise in meat prices.
如果不加控制,这种短缺会引起肉价再次上涨。

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5. Manufacturing industry was worst affected by the fuel shortage.
燃料短缺制造业最受到影响。

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6. Profiteering in a time of shortage is wrong.
乘物资缺乏牟取暴利是不对的。

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7. Shortage of funds is still very much a live issue.
资金短缺仍然是当前的重大问题。

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8. The city is suffering a desperate shortage of water.
这个城市严重缺水。

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9. The heart of the problem is a shortage of funds.
问题的关键是缺乏经费。

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10. The problem is accentuated by a shortage of water and electricity.
缺乏水电使问题愈加严重。

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11. The shortage of bread will probably drive prices up.
面包短缺很有可能迫使价格上涨。

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12. The shortage of gas has thrown us back on the use of bicycles.
由于汽油短缺,我们只好用自行车作交通工具。

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13. There is a severe shortage of fuel.
燃料严重短缺。

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14. There is a shortage of principal.
资金有些短缺。

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15. There is a shortage of well qualified teachers of foreign languages,especially of French and Japanese.
合格的外语教师还很缺乏,尤其是教法语和日语的。

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16. There was a critical shortage of food.
当时粮食奇缺。

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17. There's an acute shortage of water.
这里严重缺水。

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18. This is due to the enemy's underestimation of China and also to his shortage of troops.
这是由于敌人对中国估计不足而来的,也有他自己兵力不足的原因。

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19. This makes the teacher shortage even more critical.
这使师资匮乏的问题更为严重。

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20. Wartime austerities included food rationing and shortage of fuel.
战时的艰苦包括食物配给和燃料短缺。

来自《简明英汉词典》