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

• In theory, excess savings produce trade surpluses, and vice-versa, savings shortfall means deficits, he acknowledged.
  理论上，储蓄过量就回造成贸易顺差，反之亦然，储蓄短缺就意味着贸易逆差。
• 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。
• But while some aid has been provided, it has made up only a fraction of the shortfall.
  可是，尽管联邦政府提供了一些资助，但相对于资金缺口来说也是杯水车薪。
• 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。
• Because of a looming budget shortfall, more layoffs are likely to happen.
  由于出现预算不足，可能发生更多裁员。
• In such a scheme, friends and neighbours have to make up the shortfall if someone can't pay.
  在该计划中，如果有人不还款，朋友和邻居就必须弥补差额。
• But the goal is threatened by a major funding shortfall.
  鉴于这些努力，脊髓灰质炎的末日似乎不远了。但是，这一目标受到大额资金供应不足的威胁。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。