shortfalls

英 [ˈʃɔːtˌfɔːlz]

美 [ˈʃɔrtˌfɔlz]

n.  缺口; 差额; 亏空
shortfall的复数

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。

双语例句

• Banks could make up capital shortfalls by accumulating retained earnings or shrinking their balance sheets steadily.
  充足的时间使银行可以通过积累留存收益或逐步缩小资产负债表的方式来填补资本缺口。
• Yet European nations have experienced significant revenue shortfalls, weak growth and, in some cases, a loss of access to international capital markets.
  不过，欧洲国家也有着收入骤减和增长疲软的经历，在某些情况下，也存在无法通过国际资本市场融资的问题。
• Where cloud implementations have taken place, there has been significant shortfalls between expected benefits and those actually achieved.
  凡是实施了云计划的地方，都存在预期收益和实际收益的差距。
• The decline has stoked government fears of tax revenue shortfalls and labor shortages.
  这一状况引起了政府对税收收入不足以及劳动力短缺的担忧。
• At some point, global oil production would hit a high point and then decline, causing grave shortfalls.
  在某一时间，全球石油产量将达到最高点，随后将一路走低，导致严重的短缺。
• Rising demand has eaten into the spare capacity available to make up any shortfalls.
  不断上升的需求侵蚀了用以弥补石油短缺的后备产能。
• State budget shortfalls have led to widespread layoffs, tax increases, spending cuts and other measures that have restrained economic growth.
  州预算不足已导致普遍的解雇，税收增加，开支削减和抑制经济的增长的其它措施。
• Liquidity shortfalls often arise around the end of each quarter and during public holidays, such as the Golden Week break, while stock market listings and changes to bank regulation could exacerbate the problem this year, she added.
  她补充说，流动性短缺往往发生在季度末前后和黄金周等公众假期期间，而今年股票上市以及银行监管规则变化可能加剧这个问题。
• The government said it would provide a "temporary capital buffer" for banks that were unable to raise it from private sources if "stress tests" to be carried out from this week revealed shortfalls.
  美国政府表示，如果本周进行的“压力测试”暴露出不足，政府将向无法从私人渠道筹措到资金的银行提供“暂时性的资金缓冲”。
• Openly confronts issues; does not rationalize shortfalls.
  以开放的心态面对问题，不对缺陷妥协。