shortfalls

英 [ˈʃɔːtˌfɔːlz]

美 [ˈʃɔrtˌfɔlz]

n.  缺口; 差额; 亏空
shortfall的复数

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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• The skeptics who just two years ago questioned the product shortfalls and technological expertise required to implement BPL solutions are now coming around.
  两年前质疑产品短缺和实现BPL解决方法所需技术支持的怀疑者们又回来了。
• Tackling global investment and infrastructure shortfalls is crucial to lifting growth, job creation and productivity.
  解决全球投资和基础设施投资不足问题，对促进增长、创造就业和提高生产力至关重要。
• Rising demand has eaten into the spare capacity available to make up any shortfalls.
  不断上升的需求侵蚀了用以弥补石油短缺的后备产能。
• We should not look askance at such a policy because of its potential shortfalls.
  我们不应当因为这一政策的某些潜在缺陷而对它置之不理。
• Contracting output will only exacerbate the revenue shortfalls which have already placed countries on unsustainable fiscal paths.
  收入不足已经把各国推上了不可持续的财政道路，而经济产出收缩只会使收入缺口进一步扩大。
• During a typical recitation we will debate merits and shortfalls of one or two recent science articles.
  在典型的讨论中，我们将辩论一到二个近期科学文献内容优点和缺点。
• Moreover the shortfalls were tempered by the unexpected cash management announcements.
  此外，意料之外的现金管理公告弥补了上述不足。
• Yet European nations have experienced significant revenue shortfalls, weak growth and, in some cases, a loss of access to international capital markets.
  不过，欧洲国家也有着收入骤减和增长疲软的经历，在某些情况下，也存在无法通过国际资本市场融资的问题。
• In any event, shortfalls from Venezuela could be made up elsewhere, albeit possibly at high prices.
  无论如何，委内瑞拉石油供应的不足，可以在其它地方得到弥补，尽管价格可能要高些。
• Those shares had plunged in 1771 mainly because of losses in Bengal, but the company kept paying high dividends and covered up its shortfalls by borrowing money.
  这只股票在1771年早已大跌，主要是因为孟加拉的损失。但这家公司靠借钱继续支付高股息，掩盖了问题。