shortages是什么意思？

shortages

英['ʃɔ:tɪdʒɪz] 美['ʃɔtɪdʒɪz]

• n. 不足( shortage的名词复数 )，缺少，缺少量，不足额；

例句

• food shortages and hyperinflation 食物短缺和通货过度膨胀
• A severe drought hit southwest China, leaving more than 16 million people and 11 million livestock with drinking water shortages. 一场严重的旱灾侵袭了中国西南部，造成超过1600万人及1100万牲畜饮水困难。
• The oil shortages could lead the government to raise prices before the New Year. 石油短缺有可能导致政府在年前提高油价。
• Lithuanians are waking up to a world of increasing shortages... 立陶宛人开始意识到物资日益匮乏。
• Power shortages mean frequent blackouts. 能源短缺意味着经常性的停电.
• Scenario: The Iraqi city of Basra suffers from severe gasoline shortages. 情节: 伊拉克巴斯拉市为严重的石油短缺问题所苦.
• Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places. 有些地方专业人员严重短缺。
• Their health-care system suffers from queues, shortages and ropey equipment. 他们的医疗体系有很多不足：要排队等候，资源短缺，设备陈旧。
• Winter is setting in and the population is facing food and fuel shortages. 冬天即将到来，人们将面临食物和燃料的短缺。
• The article discusses the advantages and shortages of SPM which is used as a microscopical tool. 讨论了扫描探针显微镜(SPM)作为一种显微工具的优势和不足.

英语六级真题

The government also established a stockpile (贮存) of oil as a short-term buffer (缓冲) against future shortages.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  不足;缺少;短缺
  If there is a shortage of something, there is not enough of it.
  例句
  A shortage of funds is preventing the UN from monitoring relief... 资金短缺使联合国无法督导救援工作。 Vietnam is suffering from food shortage... 越南正遭受食物短缺之苦。