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

• We have to borrow money to cover the shortfall between expenditure and revenue.
  我们不得不借钱以弥补收支间的差额。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Foreign students have become invaluable to Australia because their influx has coincided with a sharp funding shortfall for universities.
  留学生对于澳大利亚十分重要，因为在留学生大量流入的同期，澳大利亚的大学出现了严重的资金不足。
• 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。
• 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 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。