shortfall
英 [ˈʃɔːtfɔːl]
美 [ˈʃɔːrtfɔːl]
n. 缺口; 差额; 亏空
复数:shortfalls
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.- 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。
- The government has refused to make up a £30,000 shortfall in funding.
英英释义
noun
- the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
双语例句
- 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - This shortfall led to the initial fighting and the subsequent full-scale violence in Darfur, says Ban.
缺水导致了最初的冲突以及后来达尔富尔的全面暴力活动。 - 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)。 - 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。 - 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。 - To make up the funding shortfall, courts are imposing higher filing fees on litigants.
为弥补资金差额,法院提高了当事人的诉讼申请费用。