shortage中文什么意思

n.
不足，缺少；不足额；〔美国〕缺点，缺陷。 owing to shortage of staff 由于人员的缺少。 a shortage of 50 tons 五十吨的短缺额。 cover [make up for] the shortage 弥补不足。

• the shortage of:    缺少
• shortage of labour, shortage of manpower:    缺乏劳力
• a housing shortage:    住房短缺

例句与用法

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1. The delay is due to the shortage of hands .
   事情耽搁下来是由于人手不足。
2. The city suffers from a shortage of building land .
   该市极缺乏建筑用地。
3. Shortages of steel would have developed .
   钢的短缺现象还会比现在更严重一些。
4. There was a critical shortage of food then .
   当时粮食奇缺。
5. Food shortages often occur in time of war .
   在战争期间常常发生粮食短缺的情形。

英文释义

名词

1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
   同义词：deficit, shortfall
2. an acute insufficiency
   同义词：dearth, famine