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

• The oil shortages could lead the government to raise prices before the New Year.
  石油短缺有可能导致政府在年前提高油价。
• 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。
• 'How have the sanctions affected your life in Belgrade?' — 'Well, for one thing, we already have shortages.'
  “制裁措施对于你在贝尔格莱德的生活有多大影响？”——“嗯，首先，我们已经缺乏物资。”
• Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places.
  有些地方专业人员严重短缺。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Food shortages are widespread.
  食物短缺的情况很普遍。
• Good weather leading to good grain harvests should win the country relief from food shortages.
  能带来粮食丰收的好天气应该可以让该国的缺粮状况得到缓解。
• Shortages of medicines, equipment and staff at health facilities throughout the country are compounding the health challenges.
  全国卫生设施中的医药、设备和人员短缺加剧了卫生挑战。