词族 · shortfall
词形变化
英语词源
- shortfall (n.)
- also short-fall, 1895; see short (adj.) + fall (v.).
权威例句
- 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。
- 2. a shortfall in tax revenue
- 税收收入不足
- 3. There will soon be a shortfall in supply of qualified young people.
- 合格年轻人才的短缺将很快出现.
- 4. 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。
- 5. Another example is worldwide harvest shortfall in staple foods that some countries must import heavily.
- 另一个例子是有些国家必须大量进口的主食遭到世界性歉收.