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

• Oil shortages have brought on an energy crisis
  石油短缺已经造成了能源危机。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• '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。”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。