short (of supplies)，dificient，pinch，went short of ；

[例句] 教育资金多年来极为匮乏。 Funding of education had been grossly inadequate for years.

[例句] 大多数舰船弹药极度匮乏。 Most of the ships were woefully short of ammunition.

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[例句] 这使师资匮乏的问题更为严重. This makes the teacher shortage even more critical.

[例句] 自然资源匮乏的唯一经济判断是成本, 而不是实物的稀缺. Costs, not physical scarcity, are the only economic test of a shortage of natural resources.

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