shortfall
英 [ˈʃɔːtfɔːl]
美 [ˈʃɔːrtfɔːl]
n. 缺口; 差额; 亏空
复数：shortfalls
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.- 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。
- The government has refused to make up a £30,000 shortfall in funding.
英英释义
noun
- the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
双语例句
- A funding shortfall of US$ 810 million is also standing in the way of eradication.
但是缺少8.1亿美元的资金也阻碍着根除该病的道路。 - Overall, countries have reported a funding shortfall of US$ 1 billion for TB implementation in2012.
总体而言，各国报告称，2012年用于实施结核病活动的资金尚缺少10亿美元。 - 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。 - There will be a shortfall in wheat supplies this year.
今年的小麦供应会有一定数量的短缺。 - Submergence-tolerant varieties could make major inroads into Bangladesh's annual rice shortfall and substantially reduce its import needs.
耐淹品种可能在很大程度上改善孟加拉国每年的水稻短缺，并显著减少其进口需求。 - But the goal is threatened by a major funding shortfall.
鉴于这些努力，脊髓灰质炎的末日似乎不远了。但是，这一目标受到大额资金供应不足的威胁。 - 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。 - Key areas affected by the shortfall include roads, power plants and communications networks, the ADB says.
亚行表示，受投资短缺影响的关键领域包括道路、电厂和通讯网络等。 - 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。 - North Korea is facing a food production shortfall this year of almost 1.7m tonnes, the highest since 2001.
朝鲜今年面临着将近170万吨的食品产量缺口，为2001年以来的最高水平。