the shortage of中文什么意思

• 缺少

• shortage:    n. 不足，缺少；不足额；〔美国〕缺点，缺陷。 owin ...
• shortage:    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。
• shortage of labour, shortage of manpower:    缺乏劳力
• a housing shortage:    住房短缺
• a manpower shortage:    缺乏劳动力

例句与用法

1. The delay is due to the shortage of hands .
   事情耽搁下来是由于人手不足。
2. Because of the shortage of creosote in the united states its use continued .
   美国还在继续使用它，这是因为缺少防腐油的缘故。
3. The shortage of neutrons in u-235 seems to give its atoms a strange sort of instability .
   在U-235中缺少中子似乎给予U-235原子一种奇异的不稳定性。
4. The shortage of salt caused particular concern as the union forces seized or destroyed local saltworks .
   联邦军队占据或破坏当地盐厂以后，盐的缺乏引起特别的关注。
5. Computers are gradually overcoming such obstacles as the shortage of courseware and prohibitive school system budgets .
   计算机的使用正在逐步克服教学软件短缺，学校建立计算机系统资金有限等一些碍障。