shortage

/'ʃɒ:tidʒ/

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大学英语四级大学英语六级考研英语托福雅思

中文翻译

n. 不足, 缺乏

[化] 缺额

英文解释

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

n an acute insufficiency

词态变化

复数形式:shortages

常见例句

a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II

a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources) v

n the sound of something crunching n a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources) n the act of crushing v make a crushing noise v press or grind with a crushing noise v chew noisily v reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

a shortage of rainfall n

a prolonged shortage