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

• Along with China, the Gulf states are the thrifty counterparts to America's gaping saving shortfall.
  比起美国来，海湾国家的外汇储备可是够充足的了（和中国差不多）。
• A funding shortfall of US$ 810 million is also standing in the way of eradication.
  但是缺少8.1亿美元的资金也阻碍着根除该病的道路。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 transportation of convicts to New South Wales had ceased in1840 bringing about a shortfall in the labour supply.
  在运送犯人，以新南威尔士州已经停止，在1840年实现一个缺口在劳动力的供应。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• North Korea is facing a food production shortfall this year of almost 1.7m tonnes, the highest since 2001.
  朝鲜今年面临着将近170万吨的食品产量缺口，为2001年以来的最高水平。