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

• Food shortages are no longer a problem
  食物短缺不再是个问题。
• Owing to staff shortages, there was no restaurant car on the train.
  由于缺人手，这趟火车上没有餐车。
• Think of climate change, financial instability, nuclear proliferation, resource shortages and terrorism.
  想一想气候变化、金融不稳定、核扩散、资源短缺和恐怖主义等问题就知道了。
• China suffers from acute water shortages and mismanagement and contamination.
  中国存在严重的水资源短缺、管理不善和污染问题。
• The dry summer has magnified the problem of water shortages.
  干燥的夏季加剧了缺水的问题。
• 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。
• Lithuanians are waking up to a world of increasing shortages
  立陶宛人开始意识到物资日益匮乏。
• 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。
• There are still some shortages for the application at present, but with bright future.
  探讨了目前研究中存在的问题和不足，展望了研究与应用前景。
• 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。