shortfall

英 [ˈʃɔːtfɔːl]

美 [ˈʃɔːrtfɔːl]

n.  缺口; 差额; 亏空

复数：shortfalls　

CET6TEM8经济

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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Women and youth bear the brunt of the resulting shortfall in employment.
  妇女和年轻人被雇佣对市场的冲击是造成工作岗位短缺的另一个因素。
• 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。
• Key areas affected by the shortfall include roads, power plants and communications networks, the ADB says.
  亚行表示，受投资短缺影响的关键领域包括道路、电厂和通讯网络等。
• 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。
• A portion of the shortfall comes from De Beers selling diamond mines in 2008.
  其中的部分减产，是由于戴比尔斯2008年出售了一些钻矿。
• Deposits and other types of funding are unlikely to make up the shortfall.
  存款和其他类型的融资不太可能填补这一缺口。
• Expected shortfall ( ES) is a new method for measuring market risk.
  期望损失值是一种评估市场风险的新测度。