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
同义词辨析
lack, want, absence, shortage, scarcity
这些名词均含"缺乏，不足"之意。
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。
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。
shortage： 指不足，但侧重达不到规定的，需要的或已知应有的数量。
scarcity： 指产量不足或缺乏某物难以应付或满足需要。