shortfall
英 [ˈʃɔːtfɔːl]
美 [ˈʃɔːrtfɔːl]
n. 缺口; 差额; 亏空
复数：shortfalls
Collins.1 / BNC.8933 / COCA.10472
牛津词典
noun
- 缺口；差额；亏空
if there is a shortfall in sth, there is less of it than you need or expect
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.- 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。
- The government has refused to make up a £30,000 shortfall in funding.
英英释义
noun
- the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
双语例句
- The move is designed to help offset the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN embargo.
此举旨在缓解联合国禁运所造成的世界石油供应短缺的局面。 - Expected shortfall ( ES) is a new method for measuring market risk.
期望损失值是一种评估市场风险的新测度。 - Foreign students have become invaluable to Australia because their influx has coincided with a sharp funding shortfall for universities.
留学生对于澳大利亚十分重要，因为在留学生大量流入的同期，澳大利亚的大学出现了严重的资金不足。 - To make up the funding shortfall, courts are imposing higher filing fees on litigants.
为弥补资金差额，法院提高了当事人的诉讼申请费用。 - A funding shortfall of US$ 810 million is also standing in the way of eradication.
但是缺少8.1亿美元的资金也阻碍着根除该病的道路。 - 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。 - This will result in a serious shortfall of modern fighters.
这将会造成现代化战斗的一个严重不足。 - Key areas affected by the shortfall include roads, power plants and communications networks, the ADB says.
亚行表示，受投资短缺影响的关键领域包括道路、电厂和通讯网络等。 - There will be a shortfall in wheat supplies this year.
今年的小麦供应会有一定数量的短缺。 - In such a scheme, friends and neighbours have to make up the shortfall if someone can't pay.
在该计划中，如果有人不还款，朋友和邻居就必须弥补差额。