shortfalls

英 [ˈʃɔːtˌfɔːlz]

美 [ˈʃɔrtˌfɔlz]

n.  缺口; 差额; 亏空
shortfall的复数

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。

双语例句

• Tackling global investment and infrastructure shortfalls is crucial to lifting growth, job creation and productivity.
  解决全球投资和基础设施投资不足问题，对促进增长、创造就业和提高生产力至关重要。
• In less than 30 seconds, back came not just the yield of the security, but the month-by-month future interest payments and principal repayments, including whether and when shortfalls and losses would be incurred.
  不到30秒，系统不仅给出了这种证券的收益率，而且还给出了未来每月的利息支付额、本金偿还额，还附有是否（及何时）会发生偿款不足与损失的信息。
• The skeptics who just two years ago questioned the product shortfalls and technological expertise required to implement BPL solutions are now coming around.
  两年前质疑产品短缺和实现BPL解决方法所需技术支持的怀疑者们又回来了。
• Those shares had plunged in 1771 mainly because of losses in Bengal, but the company kept paying high dividends and covered up its shortfalls by borrowing money.
  这只股票在1771年早已大跌，主要是因为孟加拉的损失。但这家公司靠借钱继续支付高股息，掩盖了问题。
• Moreover the shortfalls were tempered by the unexpected cash management announcements.
  此外，意料之外的现金管理公告弥补了上述不足。
• On the institutional level, many pension funds facing large shortfalls are re-examining how contributions and benefit levels affect their long-term financial health.
  在机构方面，很多面临巨大资金缺口的养老基金正重新研究缴款和退休金水平会如何影响它们的长期财务健康。
• Most state and local governments are not allowed to borrow to cover shortfalls.
  大部分的州政府和地方政府是不允许借贷来弥补财政短缺的。
• State budget shortfalls have led to widespread layoffs, tax increases, spending cuts and other measures that have restrained economic growth.
  州预算不足已导致普遍的解雇，税收增加，开支削减和抑制经济的增长的其它措施。
• Key player in monitoring stock management versus plan and highlighting the value of shortfalls and challenges limitations.
  负责对照计划监督存货管理，强调短缺额的价值，并对限制条件进行挑战。
• China Mobile has teamed up with Shanda, helping the telecom company to tackle content shortfalls.
  中国移动已经与盛大合作，以解决内容短缺的问题。