shortfall

英 [ˈʃɔːtfɔːl]

美 [ˈʃɔːrtfɔːl]

n.  缺口; 差额; 亏空

复数：shortfalls　

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Collins.1 / BNC.8933 / COCA.10472

牛津词典

noun

• 缺口；差额；亏空
  if there is a shortfall in sth, there is less of it than you need or expect

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 不足;缺口;差额;亏空
  If there is ashortfall insomething, there is less of it than you need.
  1. The government has refused to make up a £30,000 shortfall in funding.
     政府拒不补上 30,000 英镑的资金缺口。

英英释义

noun

• the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
  1. new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
  Synonym:deficitshortage

双语例句

• The transportation of convicts to New South Wales had ceased in1840 bringing about a shortfall in the labour supply.
  在运送犯人，以新南威尔士州已经停止，在1840年实现一个缺口在劳动力的供应。
• The Thai Rice Exporters Association says there is a shortfall of30 million tons in world rice stockpiles.
  泰国的大米出口商协会说，世界大米的储存出现了三千万吨的短缺。
• Women and youth bear the brunt of the resulting shortfall in employment.
  妇女和年轻人被雇佣对市场的冲击是造成工作岗位短缺的另一个因素。
• This will result in a serious shortfall of modern fighters.
  这将会造成现代化战斗的一个严重不足。
• To make up the funding shortfall, courts are imposing higher filing fees on litigants.
  为弥补资金差额，法院提高了当事人的诉讼申请费用。
• The move is designed to help offset the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN embargo.
  此举旨在缓解联合国禁运所造成的世界石油供应短缺的局面。
• A portion of the shortfall comes from De Beers selling diamond mines in 2008.
  其中的部分减产，是由于戴比尔斯2008年出售了一些钻矿。
• Foreign students have become invaluable to Australia because their influx has coincided with a sharp funding shortfall for universities.
  留学生对于澳大利亚十分重要，因为在留学生大量流入的同期，澳大利亚的大学出现了严重的资金不足。
• That catalase shortfall means that the hydrogen peroxide that naturally occurs in hair can't be broken down.
  过氧化氢酶量不足意味着头发中的双氧水不能被有效分解掉。
• Along with China, the Gulf states are the thrifty counterparts to America's gaping saving shortfall.
  比起美国来，海湾国家的外汇储备可是够充足的了（和中国差不多）。