shortages

英 [ˈʃɔːtɪdʒɪz]

美 [ˈʃɔrtədʒəz]

n.  不足; 缺少; 短缺
shortage的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 不足;缺少;短缺
  If there is ashortage ofsomething, there is not enough of it.
  1. 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。
  2. Vietnam is suffering from food shortage...
     越南正遭受食物短缺之苦。
  3. There's no shortage of ideas when it comes to improving the education of children.
     谈到改善孩子教育问题，大家都想法多多。

双语例句

• Water shortages, unreliable water supplies and poor water quality are major obstacles to sustainable development.
  缺水、不可靠的水源和水质不良是可持续发展的主要障碍。
• Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.
  由于原料短缺，员工们已将近一个月无事可做。
• Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places.
  有些地方专业人员严重短缺。
• Lithuanians are waking up to a world of increasing shortages
  立陶宛人开始意识到物资日益匮乏。
• Water shortages in the area will be the main constraint on development.
  水资源匮乏将是制约该地区发展的一个主要因素。
• China suffers from acute water shortages and mismanagement and contamination.
  中国存在严重的水资源短缺、管理不善和污染问题。
• In the last few years China has experienced increasingly frequent and severe droughts, water shortages and floods.
  过去几年里，中国经历了越来越频繁和严重的干旱、缺水和洪灾。
• Finally shortages and the problems need be solved of this technology were pointed out.
  最后指出了两种湍流模型的不足和需要进一步解决的问题。
• Winter is setting in and the population is facing food and fuel shortages.
  冬天即将到来，人们将面临食物和燃料的短缺。
• Food shortages forced many townspeople into the country to grow their own food.
  食物短缺迫使很多市民到农村自己种粮食。