shortage

美音：['ʃɔrtɪdʒ] 英音：['ʃɔː(r)tɪdʒ]

简单释义：

n.短缺；不足；缺少

网络缺乏；不足额；匮乏

变形：

复数：shortages

完整释义：

1.缺少,短缺,缺乏,短缺现象
2.不足,缺少;不足额;〔美国〕缺点,缺陷
3.缺额
4.欠缺
5.缺水
6.荒,匮乏

例句：

There was no shortage of envoys ready to travel to the DPRK and negotiate Gomes release.
此前有多位外交使节有意去朝鲜，就释放戈麦斯与朝谈判。
No one can have failed to notice the fact that water shortage is a serious problem with which the whole world is confronted.
任何人都不能不去注意这个事实，水资源短缺是一个整个世界正面临严重的问题。
"In two or three years, if the economy comes on strong, you'll have a huge shortage, and that would create a spike in prices, " he said.
他表示未来两三年里，如果经济复苏，燃料供应会出现大量短缺。那么燃料价格会再创新高。
Limited train capacity and a shortage of tickets have always been two things that have led to complaints from potential passengers.
铁路载客量有限和车票短缺一直是旅客抱怨的问题来源。
The shortage of bearing capacity is often encountered in pile foundation construction in complex schist area.
复杂片岩地区的桩基工程常出现桩基承载力不足的问题。
Pakistan's long-standing electricity shortage is suddenly so much worse because power plants have been shut down or damaged as well.
由于全国的发电厂被关闭或受到损坏，巴基斯坦长期的电力短缺更加雪上加霜。
However, the capacity of industry is often unable to meet demand and hence there is a general shortage of consumer goods.
然而，行业的能力往往不能以满足需求，因此这有一般消费品短缺。
In this period, Germany was one of the countries that underwent a serious shortage of fuel.
在这期间，德国是一个燃料严重短缺的国家。

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