单词：shortage
[化] 缺额
n an acute insufficiency
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shortage的用法和样例：
例句
- The war was lost because of a shortage of munitions.战争因军火不足而失败。
- Power shortage browned out the city that winter.那年冬天，由于电力不足，市里采取了部分停电供应措施。
- He always bemoans the shortage of funds for research.他总是叹息研究经费不足。
- Continuance of the war will mean shortage of the food.战争的持续意味着食品短缺。
- The company's main problem is the shortage of skilled personnel.这家公司的主要问题是缺少有技术的人员。
常见句型
- There is no shortage of things to do in the town.城里不愁找不到活干。
- There was a shortage of skilled workers.缺少熟练工人。
词汇搭配
- energy shortage能量不足,能源短缺...
- labor shortage劳力短缺
- weight shortage重量短少
- oil shortage石油的不足
- housing shortage房荒,住房不足...
- dollar shortage美元荒
- power shortage缺电
- water shortage水量不足
- inventory shortage盘存短耗
- material shortage材料缺乏
- fuel shortage燃料不足
- manpower shortage劳动力短缺
- severe shortage严重缺乏
- fund shortage资金不足
- ordinary shortage通常短量
- food shortage粮食短缺
- liquidity shortage流动性不足
经典引文
With the staff shortage I sometimes have to take charge.
出自：WomanThere's no shortage of guidebooks about Paris.
出自：Modern Maturity
- lack缺乏
- deficiency缺乏
- absence缺席
- scarcity缺乏
- famine饥荒
- dearth缺乏
- want要
- deficit赤字
- need需要
- unavailability无效
- drought干旱
- contraction收缩
- poverty贫困
- shortfall不足
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