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 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。
• 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。
• Expected shortfall ( ES) is a new method for measuring market risk.
  期望损失值是一种评估市场风险的新测度。
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。
• A portion of the shortfall comes from De Beers selling diamond mines in 2008.
  其中的部分减产，是由于戴比尔斯2008年出售了一些钻矿。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。