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shortage

美音:[´ʃɔ:tədʒ ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.不足,缺乏

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shortage


/'ʃɔ:tɪdʒ; `ʃɔrtɪdʒ/
n [C, U] lack of sth needed; deficiency 缺少; 不足; 短缺
*food, fuel, housing shortages 食物、燃料、住房短缺
* a shortage of rice, funds, equipment 大米、资金、设备不足
* owing to
(a) shortage of staff 由于人员缺乏
* a shortage of
50 tons 缺少50吨
* There was no shortage of helpers. 不缺帮手.

shortage


n [U and C]
a situation in which there is not enough of something that people need
shortage of
 a shortage of skilled labour
 There is no shortage of funds.
water/food/housing etc shortage
 efforts to solve the housing shortage
acute/chronic/severe shortage
 an acute shortage of manpower
1. We are faced with a shortage in manpower , not in raw material.
    我们面临的问题是缺乏人力而不是缺乏原料。

2. There is no shortage of tipsters around offering ´get-rich-quick´ opportunities.
    我们周围不乏情报贩子,向人们提供迅速发财致富的机遇。

3. The hospital was facing an expensive expansion to the building because of a continual shortage of beds in intensive care.
    由于重病特别护理区一直床位不足,所以医院面临着造价高昂的扩建问题,

4. None of these investigations has produced convincing answers to the mystery of the triangle, but there is no shortage of interesting theories.
    这些研究之作都未能令人信服地解答百慕大三角之谜,但其中不乏有趣的理论。

5. After the hot summer , there was a shortage of water.
    炎热的夏天过去后,出现缺水现象。

6. Of course, New York is the ideal place for such an interesting study, because there is no shortage of tall buildings.
    当然,纽约是进行这种有趣的试验的一个理想的地方,因为那里根本不缺乏高楼大厦,

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