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

• Water shortages in the area will be the main constraint on development.
  水资源匮乏将是制约该地区发展的一个主要因素。
• Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places.
  有些地方专业人员严重短缺。
• 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。
• The dry summer has magnified the problem of water shortages.
  干燥的夏季加剧了缺水的问题。
• '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。”
• 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。
• The growth in china, for example, results in energy shortages.
  举个例子，中国的发展导致了能源短缺。
• 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。
• Food shortages often occur in time of war.
  在战争期间常常发生粮食短缺的情形。
• 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。