shortages

英 [ˈʃɔːtɪdʒɪz]

美 [ˈʃɔrtədʒəz]

n.  不足; 缺少; 短缺
shortage的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 不足;缺少;短缺
  If there is ashortage ofsomething, there is not enough of it.
  1. 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。
  2. Vietnam is suffering from food shortage...
     越南正遭受食物短缺之苦。
  3. 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。

双语例句

• Winter is setting in and the population is facing food and fuel shortages.
  冬天即将到来，人们将面临食物和燃料的短缺。
• Finally shortages and the problems need be solved of this technology were pointed out.
  最后指出了两种湍流模型的不足和需要进一步解决的问题。
• Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.
  由于原料短缺，员工们已将近一个月无事可做。
• At the same time, worldwide food and fuel shortages eased.
  同时，世界性粮食和石油短缺的现象终止了。
• In the last few years China has experienced increasingly frequent and severe droughts, water shortages and floods.
  过去几年里，中国经历了越来越频繁和严重的干旱、缺水和洪灾。
• The seriousness of water shortages becomes apparent.
  缺水的严重性就更为明显了。
• The city is now relatively quiet but there's palpable anger as people cope with shortages
  现在这座城市比较安静，但却因物资匮乏而明显充斥着怒气。
• For decades, water shortages have been growing challenges for China.
  几十年来，水资源短缺对中国构成了越来越大的挑战。
• Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places.
  有些地方专业人员严重短缺。
• This paper presents suggestion to increase the land intensive use level and points out shortages of this paper.
  同时，本文针对评价结果提出了提高其土地集约利用水平的建议，并指出了本文的不足之处。