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

• 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。
• Submergence-tolerant varieties could make major inroads into Bangladesh's annual rice shortfall and substantially reduce its import needs.
  耐淹品种可能在很大程度上改善孟加拉国每年的水稻短缺，并显著减少其进口需求。
• The Thai Rice Exporters Association says there is a shortfall of30 million tons in world rice stockpiles.
  泰国的大米出口商协会说，世界大米的储存出现了三千万吨的短缺。
• To make up the funding shortfall, courts are imposing higher filing fees on litigants.
  为弥补资金差额，法院提高了当事人的诉讼申请费用。
• This will result in a serious shortfall of modern fighters.
  这将会造成现代化战斗的一个严重不足。
• 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。
• Foreign students have become invaluable to Australia because their influx has coincided with a sharp funding shortfall for universities.
  留学生对于澳大利亚十分重要，因为在留学生大量流入的同期，澳大利亚的大学出现了严重的资金不足。
• Overall, countries have reported a funding shortfall of US$ 1 billion for TB implementation in2012.
  总体而言，各国报告称，2012年用于实施结核病活动的资金尚缺少10亿美元。
• 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。
• Other investors may be looking for currency appreciation or deflation in goods prices to offset the nominal income shortfall.
  其他投资者可能在指望货币升值或物价下跌，以抵消名义收益亏空。