shortages

英 [ˈʃɔːtɪdʒɪz]

美 [ˈʃɔrtədʒəz]

n.  不足; 缺少; 短缺
shortage的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 不足;缺少;短缺
  If there is ashortage ofsomething, there is not enough of it.
  1. A shortage of funds is preventing the UN from monitoring relief...
     资金短缺使联合国无法督导救援工作。
  2. Vietnam is suffering from food shortage...
     越南正遭受食物短缺之苦。
  3. There's no shortage of ideas when it comes to improving the education of children.
     谈到改善孩子教育问题，大家都想法多多。

双语例句

• Food shortages often occur in time of war.
  在战争期间常常发生粮食短缺的情形。
• This paper presents suggestion to increase the land intensive use level and points out shortages of this paper.
  同时，本文针对评价结果提出了提高其土地集约利用水平的建议，并指出了本文的不足之处。
• Food shortages forced many townspeople into the country to grow their own food.
  食物短缺迫使很多市民到农村自己种粮食。
• Their health-care system suffers from queues, shortages and ropey equipment.
  他们的医疗体系有很多不足：要排队等候，资源短缺，设备陈旧。
• Finally shortages and the problems need be solved of this technology were pointed out.
  最后指出了两种湍流模型的不足和需要进一步解决的问题。
• Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.
  由于原料短缺，员工们已将近一个月无事可做。
• Food shortages are no longer a problem
  食物短缺不再是个问题。
• At the same time, worldwide food and fuel shortages eased.
  同时，世界性粮食和石油短缺的现象终止了。
• Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places.
  有些地方专业人员严重短缺。
• Water shortages, unreliable water supplies and poor water quality are major obstacles to sustainable development.
  缺水、不可靠的水源和水质不良是可持续发展的主要障碍。