shortage
英 ['ʃɔːtɪdʒ]
美['ʃɔrtɪdʒ]
	    - n. 缺乏,缺少;不足
 
实用场景例句
- food/housing/water shortages
 - 食物 / 住房 / 用水短缺
 
牛津词典
- a shortage of funds
 - 资金不足
 
牛津词典
- There is no shortage of (= there are plenty of) things to do in the town.
 - 城里不愁找不到活儿干。
 
牛津词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Vietnam is suffering from food shortage...
 - 越南正遭受食物短缺之苦。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This is why the feature is sometimes called the relationship feature.
 - 这也是这一特性常常被成为关联关系特性的原因.
 
期刊摘选
- There is a shortage of principal.
 - 资金有些短缺.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- There is a severe shortage of fuel.
 - 燃料严重短缺.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- This makes the teacher shortage even more critical.
 - 这使师资匮乏的问题更为严重.
 
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The city is suffering a desperate shortage of water.
 - 这个城市严重缺水.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- Heavy storms worsened the fuel shortage.
 - 狂风暴雨使燃料短缺情况更加严重.
 
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- The heart of the problem is a shortage of funds.
 - 问题的关键是缺乏经费.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- Manufacturing industry was worst affected by the fuel shortage.
 - 燃料短缺制造业最受到影响.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- There's an acute shortage of water.
 - 这里严重缺水.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- Shortage of funds is still very much a live issue.
 - 资金短缺仍然是当前的重大问题.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- Profiteering in a time of shortage is wrong.
 - 乘物资缺乏牟取暴利是不对的.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- There is an acute shortage of water.
 - 水严重短缺。
 
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- a shortage of munitions
 - 军需品缺乏
 
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- the perennial problem of water shortage
 - 缺水这个老问题
 
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Although three days isn't very long, shortage of time was the least of his problems.
 - 虽然3天时间不算长,但对他来说,这已经是最不成问题的问题了。
 
柯林斯例句
- Any shortage could push up grain prices.
 - 任何一种短缺都会抬高粮食价格。
 
柯林斯例句
- The increase in the number of rooms available in private homes acted as a palliative to the general accommodation shortage.
 - 私宅中可用房间数的增加缓解了客房总体不足的问题。
 
柯林斯例句
- America has no shortage of strangely named clubs.
 - 美国有不少名字稀奇古怪的俱乐部。
 
柯林斯例句
- There is a shortage of carrots. So everybody starts growing carrots. Next season, surprise, surprise, there is a glut of carrots.
 - 胡萝卜紧缺,于是大家都去种胡萝卜。等到来年这个时候,可想而知,胡萝卜就会过剩。
 
柯林斯例句
- The water shortage in this country is potentially catastrophic.
 - 这个国家的水资源匮乏可能会带来灾难性的后果。
 
柯林斯例句