n.(名词)

1. 缺少
2. 不足，不足额
3. 匮乏，短缺，短缺现象
4. 缺乏
5. 缺点，缺陷
6. 欠缺

n.(名词)

1. [C] [U] 不足;缺少;缺少量;不足额 lack;the state of not having enough;an amount lacking

Noun:

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

   "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
   

2. an acute insufficiency

1.不足;缺少;短缺
If there is ashortage of something, there is not enough of it.

e.g. Ashortage 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。
e.g. Vietnam is suffering from foodshortage...
越南正遭受食物短缺之苦。

1. 短缺：138短缺(shortage)需求量大于供给量的状态. 139发信号(signaling)有信息的一方向无信息的一方披露自己私人信息所采取的行动. 140社会保障(social insurance)旨在保护人们规避负面事件风险的政府政策. 141罢工(strike)工会组织工人从企业撤出劳动.

2. 短少：B/L Bond:万一CGOS短少(shortage)、damage(损坏)、按合约可提供一定自付额及coverage(保险)范围、(其年保费约为USD11000、而coverage(保险金额)约为USD150000)基于以上之规定,有购买Bond且FMC Filing之B/L,才可于USA市场上有合用效力.

3. 缺少：138缺少(shortage)需求量大于供给量的状态. 139发灯号(signaling)有信息的一偏向无信息的一方披露自己私人信息所采取的行动. 140社会保护(social insurance)旨在扞卫人们隐藏负面事变风险的政府政策. 141歇工(strike)工会机关工人从企业撤出劳动.

The war was lost because of a shortage of munitions.

战争因军火不足而失败。

Power shortage browned out the city that winter.

那年冬天，由于电力不足，市里采取了部分停电供应措施。

He always bemoans the shortage of funds for research.

他总是叹息研究经费不足。

Continuance of the war will mean shortage of the food.

战争的持续意味着食品短缺。

The company's main problem is the shortage of skilled personnel.

这家公司的主要问题是缺少有技术的人员。

food'/housing'/water shortages

食物 / 住房 / 用水短缺

a shortage of funds

资金不足

There is no shortage of (= there are plenty of) things to do in the town.

城里不愁找不到活儿干。

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。

This is why the feature is sometimes called the relationship feature.

这也是这一特性常常被成为关联关系特性的原因.

There is a shortage of principal.

资金有些短缺.

This is due to the enemy's underestimation of China and also to his shortage of troops.

这是由于敌人对中国估计不足而来的,也有他自己兵力不足的原因.

There is a severe shortage of fuel.

燃料严重短缺.

If uncontrolled, the shortage would set off a new rise in meat prices.

如果不加控制, 这种短缺会引起肉价再次上涨.

This makes the teacher shortage even more critical.

这使师资匮乏的问题更为严重.

The city is suffering a desperate shortage of water.

这个城市严重缺水.

A shortage of building land will push property values up.

建筑用地缺乏将造成房地产价格逐渐上升.

The shortage of gas has thrown us back on the use of bicycles.

由于汽油短缺,我们只好用自行车作交通工具.

Heavy storms worsened the fuel shortage.

狂风暴雨使燃料短缺情况更加严重.

There is a shortage of well qualified teachers of foreign languages, especially of French and Japanese.

合格的外语教师还很缺乏, 尤其是教法语和日语的.

The heart of the problem is a shortage of funds.

问题的关键是缺乏经费.

Manufacturing industry was worst affected by the fuel shortage.

燃料短缺制造业最受到影响.

There's an acute shortage of water.

这里严重缺水.

shortage of funds is still very much a live issue.

资金短缺仍然是当前的重大问题.

Profiteering in a time of shortage is wrong.

乘物资缺乏牟取暴利是不对的.

There is an acute shortage of water.

水严重短缺。

a shortage of munitions

军需品缺乏

the perennial problem of water shortage

缺水这个老问题

Although three days isn't very long, shortage of time was the least of his problems.

虽然3天时间不算长，但对他来说，这已经是最不成问题的问题了。

Any shortage could push up grain prices.

任何一种短缺都会抬高粮食价格。

The increase in the number of rooms available in private homes acted as a palliative to the general accommodation shortage.

私宅中可用房间数的增加缓解了客房总体不足的问题。

America has no shortage of strangely named clubs.

美国有不少名字稀奇古怪的俱乐部。

There is a shortage of carrots. So everybody starts growing carrots. Next season, surprise, surprise, there is a glut of carrots.

胡萝卜紧缺，于是大家都去种胡萝卜。等到来年这个时候，可想而知，胡萝卜就会过剩。

The water shortage in this country is potentially catastrophic.

这个国家的水资源匮乏可能会带来灾难性的后果。

1. There is no shortage of things to do in the town.
   城里不愁找不到活干。
2. There was a shortage of skilled workers.
   缺少熟练工人。

• shortage">energy shortage能量不足,能源短缺...
• shortage">labor shortage劳力短缺
• shortage">weight shortage重量短少
• shortage">oil shortage石油的不足
• shortage">housing shortage房荒,住房不足...
• shortage">dollar shortage美元荒
• shortage">power shortage缺电
• shortage">water shortage水量不足
• shortage">inventory shortage盘存短耗
• shortage">material shortage材料缺乏
• shortage">fuel shortage燃料不足
• shortage">manpower shortage劳动力短缺
• shortage">severe shortage严重缺乏
• shortage">fund shortage资金不足
• shortage">ordinary shortage通常短量
• shortage">food shortage粮食短缺
• shortage">liquidity shortage流动性不足

• With the staff shortage I sometimes have to take charge.

  出自：Woman

• There's no shortage of guidebooks about Paris.

  出自：Modern Maturity

n.(名词)

shortage, absence, lack, want

这组词都有“缺乏”的意思。其区别是：

1.从内容上说:absence指在某一特定的场合应具备或想要的某一事物或事实; lack指应具备或需要的东西; shortage指按规定应具备或需要的数量; want则指缺少必不可少的东西,尤指为一整体的完美所必须具备的东西。

2.从程度上说:absence指根本就不存在; lack指完全没有或不够充足; shortage指部分短缺或开始减少; want则指缺少。

3.从用法上说:absence, lack和want都是不可数名词,间或可加不定冠词; 而shortage可用作不可数名词,也可用作可数名词。

lack，want，absence，shortage，scarcity

这些名词均含“缺乏，不足”之意。

lack普通用词，指部分或完全的不足。

want指完全或短缺某物，侧重缺少之物是必需的东西。使用范围比lack窄些。

absence指某物根本不存在或完全短缺，或某人虽存在，但未到现场。

shortage指不足，但侧重达不到规定的，需要的或已知应有的数量。

scarcity指产量不足或缺乏某物难以应付或满足需要。