shortfall

英 [ˈʃɔːtfɔːl]

美 [ˈʃɔːrtfɔːl]

n.  缺口; 差额; 亏空

复数：shortfalls　

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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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
  1. new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
  Synonym:deficitshortage

双语例句

• 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。
• Because of a looming budget shortfall, more layoffs are likely to happen.
  由于出现预算不足，可能发生更多裁员。
• This shortfall led to the initial fighting and the subsequent full-scale violence in Darfur, says Ban.
  缺水导致了最初的冲突以及后来达尔富尔的全面暴力活动。
• 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。
• 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。
• Along with China, the Gulf states are the thrifty counterparts to America's gaping saving shortfall.
  比起美国来，海湾国家的外汇储备可是够充足的了（和中国差不多）。
• The funding shortfall has made it particularly hard to finance new ship purchases.
  资金短缺使得购买新船很难获得融资。
• The move is designed to help offset the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN embargo.
  此举旨在缓解联合国禁运所造成的世界石油供应短缺的局面。
• We have to borrow money to cover the shortfall between expenditure and revenue.
  我们不得不借钱以弥补收支间的差额。
• Moreover, this huge shortfall cannot be explained by a pre-crisis boom.
  此外，这一巨大差距无法用危机前的繁荣来解释。