shortage 详细解释

shortage

['ʃɔ:tidʒ]

n.不足, 缺少

n.

1. 缺少, 不足, 匮乏[U][C]

There is a shortage of salt in this country.

这个国家缺少盐。

2. 不足额(或量)[C]

The total shortage was 500 tons.

短缺之总额为五百吨。

词形变化

名词复数：shortages

词义辨析

同义:

n.缺乏

lack  deficiency  want  need  deficit  absence  

同义参见:

famine  scarcity  drought  poverty  dearth  contraction  

反义参见:

abundance  

英英释义

名词 shortage:

the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

同义词：deficit, shortfall

an acute insufficiency

同义词：dearth, famine

补充

shortageshortage英:[ˈʃɔ:tidʒ] 美:[ˈʃɔrtɪdʒ]n.1.不足; 缺少; 缺少量; 不足额

例句

1. a water shortage缺水 2. There's no shortage of ideas when it comes to improving the education of children.说起改善儿童教育, 从来都不缺乏想法。 3. a shortage of hard cash.缺少现金。 4. food shortages.食物短缺。 5. [mass noun]the problems of land shortage in the countryside.乡村土地短缺的问题。 6. a food/housing/water shortage食物短缺；住房短缺；缺水 7. a shortage of trained teachers缺少训练有素的老师 8. a gasoline/water shortage汽油/水短缺 9. a shortage of cash/gasoline/teachers/water现金/汽油/教师/水缺乏 10. There is no shortage of restaurants [=there are many restaurants] in the city.这座城市不缺餐馆。 11. periods of food shortage食物短缺时期

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