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

• At some point, global oil production would hit a high point and then decline, causing grave shortfalls.
  在某一时间，全球石油产量将达到最高点，随后将一路走低，导致严重的短缺。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Banks could make up capital shortfalls by accumulating retained earnings or shrinking their balance sheets steadily.
  充足的时间使银行可以通过积累留存收益或逐步缩小资产负债表的方式来填补资本缺口。
• Yet European nations have experienced significant revenue shortfalls, weak growth and, in some cases, a loss of access to international capital markets.
  不过，欧洲国家也有着收入骤减和增长疲软的经历，在某些情况下，也存在无法通过国际资本市场融资的问题。
• This will require developers to continue to leverage J2EE and general EAD best practices and layering patterns as a mean to overcome the shortfalls of this antipattern.
  这将要求开发人员继续利用J2EE和常见EAD最佳实践及分层模式，将其作为克服此反模式的缺陷的方法。
• In any event, shortfalls from Venezuela could be made up elsewhere, albeit possibly at high prices.
  无论如何，委内瑞拉石油供应的不足，可以在其它地方得到弥补，尽管价格可能要高些。
• 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。
• We should not look askance at such a policy because of its potential shortfalls.
  我们不应当因为这一政策的某些潜在缺陷而对它置之不理。