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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

      • The move is designed to help offset the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN embargo.
        此举旨在缓解联合国禁运所造成的世界石油供应短缺的局面。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • Deposits and other types of funding are unlikely to make up the shortfall.
        存款和其他类型的融资不太可能填补这一缺口。
      • Women and youth bear the brunt of the resulting shortfall in employment.
        妇女和年轻人被雇佣对市场的冲击是造成工作岗位短缺的另一个因素。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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)。
      • 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。