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

• Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places.
  有些地方专业人员严重短缺。
• Their health-care system suffers from queues, shortages and ropey equipment.
  他们的医疗体系有很多不足：要排队等候，资源短缺，设备陈旧。
• 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。
• This paper presents suggestion to increase the land intensive use level and points out shortages of this paper.
  同时，本文针对评价结果提出了提高其土地集约利用水平的建议，并指出了本文的不足之处。
• 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。
• Food shortages are no longer a problem
  食物短缺不再是个问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。