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

• The growth in china, for example, results in energy shortages.
  举个例子，中国的发展导致了能源短缺。
• At the same time, worldwide food and fuel shortages eased.
  同时，世界性粮食和石油短缺的现象终止了。
• For decades, water shortages have been growing challenges for China.
  几十年来，水资源短缺对中国构成了越来越大的挑战。
• 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。
• Good weather leading to good grain harvests should win the country relief from food shortages.
  能带来粮食丰收的好天气应该可以让该国的缺粮状况得到缓解。
• 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。
• Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places.
  有些地方专业人员严重短缺。
• Oil shortages have brought on an energy crisis
  石油短缺已经造成了能源危机。
• The seriousness of water shortages becomes apparent.
  缺水的严重性就更为明显了。
• Food shortages often occur in time of war.
  在战争期间常常发生粮食短缺的情形。