shortfall

英 [ˈʃɔːtfɔːl]

美 [ˈʃɔːrtfɔːl]

n.  缺口; 差额; 亏空

复数：shortfalls　

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Collins.1 / BNC.8933 / COCA.10472

牛津词典

noun

• 缺口；差额；亏空
  if there is a shortfall in sth, there is less of it than you need or expect

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。

英英释义

noun

• the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
  1. new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
  Synonym:deficitshortage

双语例句

• That catalase shortfall means that the hydrogen peroxide that naturally occurs in hair can't be broken down.
  过氧化氢酶量不足意味着头发中的双氧水不能被有效分解掉。
• This shortfall led to the initial fighting and the subsequent full-scale violence in Darfur, says Ban.
  缺水导致了最初的冲突以及后来达尔富尔的全面暴力活动。
• In theory, excess savings produce trade surpluses, and vice-versa, savings shortfall means deficits, he acknowledged.
  理论上，储蓄过量就回造成贸易顺差，反之亦然，储蓄短缺就意味着贸易逆差。
• This will result in a serious shortfall of modern fighters.
  这将会造成现代化战斗的一个严重不足。
• Despite significant progress in2010, the projected shortfall in malaria funding threatens the hard-earned gains of the last decade.
  虽然2010年取得了重大进展，预计将出现的抗疟资金短缺将威胁过去十年来之不易的成就。
• Moreover, this huge shortfall cannot be explained by a pre-crisis boom.
  此外，这一巨大差距无法用危机前的繁荣来解释。
• The transportation of convicts to New South Wales had ceased in1840 bringing about a shortfall in the labour supply.
  在运送犯人，以新南威尔士州已经停止，在1840年实现一个缺口在劳动力的供应。
• A funding shortfall of US$ 810 million is also standing in the way of eradication.
  但是缺少8.1亿美元的资金也阻碍着根除该病的道路。
• Expected shortfall ( ES) is a new method for measuring market risk.
  期望损失值是一种评估市场风险的新测度。
• But while some aid has been provided, it has made up only a fraction of the shortfall.
  可是，尽管联邦政府提供了一些资助，但相对于资金缺口来说也是杯水车薪。