shortages

英 [ˈʃɔːtɪdʒɪz] 美 [ˈʃɔrtədʒəz]

n.  不足; 缺少; 短缺
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柯林斯词典

  1. N-VAR 不足;缺少;短缺
    If there is a shortage of something, 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。
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双语例句

  1. The oil shortages could lead the government to raise prices before the New Year.
    石油短缺有可能导致政府在年前提高油价。
  2. 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。
  3. Oil shortages have brought on an energy crisis
    石油短缺已经造成了能源危机。
  4. 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。
  5. Food shortages are no longer a problem
    食物短缺不再是个问题。
  6. Owing to staff shortages, there was no restaurant car on the train.
    由于缺人手，这趟火车上没有餐车。
  7. The city is now relatively quiet but there's palpable anger as people cope with shortages
    现在这座城市比较安静，但却因物资匮乏而明显充斥着怒气。
  8. 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。
  9. 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。
  10. Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places.
    有些地方专业人员严重短缺。
  11. 'How have the sanctions affected your life in Belgrade?' — 'Well, for one thing, we already have shortages.'
    “制裁措施对于你在贝尔格莱德的生活有多大影响？”——“嗯，首先，我们已经缺乏物资。”
  12. 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。
  13. 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。
  14. Food shortages are widespread.
    食物短缺的情况很普遍。
  15. 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。
  16. Food shortages often occur in time of war.
    在战争期间常常发生粮食短缺的情形。
  17. Think of climate change, financial instability, nuclear proliferation, resource shortages and terrorism.
    想一想气候变化、金融不稳定、核扩散、资源短缺和恐怖主义等问题就知道了。
  18. 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。
  19. These costs and shortages are now causing delays to new projects.
    这些成本和短缺目前正在延误新项目的建设和投产。
  20. 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。
  21. The seriousness of water shortages becomes apparent.
    缺水的严重性就更为明显了。
  22. 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。
  23. 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。
  24. 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。
  25. 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。
  26. 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。
  27. There are still some shortages for the application at present, but with bright future.
    探讨了目前研究中存在的问题和不足，展望了研究与应用前景。
  28. Shortages of medicines, equipment and staff at health facilities throughout the country are compounding the health challenges.
    全国卫生设施中的医药、设备和人员短缺加剧了卫生挑战。
  29. 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。
  30. The dry summer has magnified the problem of water shortages.
    干燥的夏季加剧了缺水的问题。
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