shortage
n. 不足,缺少,短缺
If there is a shortage of something, there is not enough of it.
A shortage of funds is preventing the UN from monitoring relief...
资金短缺使联合国无法督导救援工作。
Vietnam is suffering from food shortage...
越南正遭受食物短缺之苦。
1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
2. an acute insufficiency
lack, want, absence, shortage, scarcity
这些名词均含"缺乏,不足"之意。
There is a shortage of principal.
资金有些短缺.
This is due to the enemy's underestimation of China and also to his shortage of troops.
这是由于敌人对中国估计不足而来的,也有他自己兵力不足的原因.
There is a severe shortage of fuel.
燃料严重短缺.
If uncontrolled, the shortage would set off a new rise in meat prices.
如果不加控制, 这种短缺会引起肉价再次上涨.
This makes the teacher shortage even more critical.
这使师资匮乏的问题更为严重.