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
- 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。 - 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。 - This will result in a serious shortfall of modern fighters.
这将会造成现代化战斗的一个严重不足。 - 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。 - In theory, excess savings produce trade surpluses, and vice-versa, savings shortfall means deficits, he acknowledged.
理论上，储蓄过量就回造成贸易顺差，反之亦然，储蓄短缺就意味着贸易逆差。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。