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
- 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。 - 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。 - Overall, countries have reported a funding shortfall of US$ 1 billion for TB implementation in2012.
总体而言，各国报告称，2012年用于实施结核病活动的资金尚缺少10亿美元。 - 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。 - 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。 - North Korea is facing a food production shortfall this year of almost 1.7m tonnes, the highest since 2001.
朝鲜今年面临着将近170万吨的食品产量缺口，为2001年以来的最高水平。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。