shortfall是什么意思？

shortfall

英[ˈʃɔ:tfɔ:l] 美[ˈʃɔrtfɔl]

• n. 缺少，不足之数，亏空；

复数：shortfalls;

例句

• There will soon be a shortfall in supply of qualified young people. 合格年轻人才的短缺将很快出现.
• By tradition, crops from Gaza make up the shortfall. 依传统, 加沙地带的谷物将弥补这一缺口.
• The UNHCR says it has a shortfall of $ 11.9 million. 难民署说,目前一共短缺1190万美元的资金.
• a shortfall in tax revenue 税收收入不足
• 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。
• The move is designed to help offset the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN embargo. 此举旨在缓解联合国禁运所造成的世界石油供应短缺的局面。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  不足;缺口;差额;亏空
  If there is a shortfall in something, there is less of it than you need.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  不足之量,差额
  There will soon be a shortfall in supply of qualified young people. 合格年轻人才的短缺将很快出现。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

行业词典

• 法律： 不足部分费用；缺少；缺额；