1.不足;缺少;短缺a situation when there is not enough of the people or things that are needed
food/housing/water shortages食物╱住房╱用水短缺
a shortage of funds资金不足
There is no shortage of(= there are plenty of) things to do in the town.城里不愁找不到活儿干。
The official reason for the delay is a parts shortage, but I'll be darned if I can figure out what part would be hard to get.
官方对推迟发布的理由是,有一个部件缺货,哪个部件那么难弄到?!
In this period, Germany was one of the countries that underwent a serious shortage of fuel.
在这期间,德国是一个燃料严重短缺的国家。
So far, this project looked like a typical database application, and there was no shortage of candidate persistence strategies.
到目前为止,这个项目看起来像是一个典型的数据库应用程序,并且它并不缺少可供选择的持久性策略。
No one can have failed to notice the fact that water shortage is a serious problem with which the whole world is confronted.
任何人都不能不去注意这个事实,水资源短缺是一个整个世界正面临严重的问题。
This was done largely out of necessity, as the fiber crops that were previously used for the process were experiencing a shortage.
这样做主要是出于需要,作为纤维作物,以前使用的过程中经历了短缺。
after Pearl Harbor led to American involvement in World War II and a shortage of building materials it would not be any time soon.
珍珠港事件后,导致美国在二战中的参与和建材短缺,它不会被任何时间很快。
SAIC can afford its patient entry strategy because despite being a new company in many ways, it has no shortage of resources.
这是因为,尽管在很多方面它只能算是一个新的公司,但资源并不缺乏。
He said large numbers were going to Australia, where there was a skills shortage.
他表示,大量人群涌向澳大利亚,因为当地面临熟练工人短缺的问题。
Because the war caused a shortage of these organic sources, cleaning products began to be made out of petroleum.
因为战争造成此类有机资源的短缺,清洁产品开始由石油制造。
Fund managers said the current shortage in glass used for LCD panels could keep output in check and support prices.
基金经理人指出,用于LCD面板的玻璃基板目前短缺,可能抑制产出并支撑价格。
The cause of the recent glut of pigs was a reaction to a shortage just a few years ago.
近期猪肉供应过量是数年之前猪肉短缺引发的。
However, the capacity of industry is often unable to meet demand and hence there is a general shortage of consumer goods.
然而,行业的能力往往不能以满足需求,因此这有一般消费品短缺。
the atmosphere simple and honest, always highlight style king, and he has no shortage of water close to tenderness.
处处彰显王者风范,与水亲近的他又不乏柔情。
The shortage of neutrons in U-235 seems to give its atoms a strange sort of instability.
在U-235中缺少中子似乎给予U-235原子一种奇异的不稳定性。
The bank is justified in dishonoring a cheque for insufficiency (inadequacy, shortage, shortfall) of funds in his customer's account.
因为客户帐户上的资金(寸头)不足,银行拒付支票款项是合法的。
Massu said the power shortage had made him realise how much electricity is wasted and that we need to save power in general.
大包说电的短缺让他认识到了平常用电有多浪费,大家都应该减少用电。
There is no shortage of professional musicians who keep at it even though they have no hope of making a living that way.
就如同从来不缺乏坚持这种原则的专业级音乐家,即使这样做几乎不可能维持他们的生计。
The famous computer company Apple said the flood in Thailand might cause the risk of hard disk shortage in the industry around the world.
著名电子产品公司苹果公司也表示,洪水可能会引发全行业硬盘短缺危机。
The only reason it had not worked the first time around, it was generally agreed, was a shortage of broadband connections.
一般认为,在头一波这些经营方式失败的唯一原因是互联网的宽带连接尚不普及。
One of its recommendations is the establishment of a new fund to help finance film production and overcome the shortage of talent .
该报告其中一项建议,是成立一个新的基金,帮助解决电影制作的融资和人才缺乏问题。
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