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

Submergence-tolerant varieties could make major inroads into Bangladesh's annual rice shortfall and substantially reduce its import needs.
耐淹品种可能在很大程度上改善孟加拉国每年的水稻短缺，并显著减少其进口需求。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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）。
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。
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。
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。