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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 funding shortfall has made it particularly hard to finance new ship purchases.
资金短缺使得购买新船很难获得融资。