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

• 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。
• But the goal is threatened by a major funding shortfall.
  鉴于这些努力，脊髓灰质炎的末日似乎不远了。但是，这一目标受到大额资金供应不足的威胁。
• But while some aid has been provided, it has made up only a fraction of the shortfall.
  可是，尽管联邦政府提供了一些资助，但相对于资金缺口来说也是杯水车薪。
• 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。
• Despite significant progress in2010, the projected shortfall in malaria funding threatens the hard-earned gains of the last decade.
  虽然2010年取得了重大进展，预计将出现的抗疟资金短缺将威胁过去十年来之不易的成就。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That catalase shortfall means that the hydrogen peroxide that naturally occurs in hair can't be broken down.
  过氧化氢酶量不足意味着头发中的双氧水不能被有效分解掉。
• 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。