英语释义

1. a large number or amount of (a type of thing that is being described)

片语

shortage e of capital资金短缺

shortage degree of water resources水资源紧缺程度

shortage e of power缺电

shortage e of freshwater淡水短缺

shortage of manpower劳动力短缺；缺乏劳力

shortage index of water resource水资源紧缺指标

shortage situation of groundwater地下水亏空状况

shortage rate of goods货差率

shortage e of fresh water淡水短缺

英汉例句

• demand stimulus is of no use, since there is no systematic shortage of demand.

  需求刺激毫无用处，因为根本不存在系统性的需求短缺。

• this replacement will have to be done in the future or we will be subject to shortage of power like california. has experienced.

  这个替换过程在将来是一定会实现，否则我们将像加利福尼亚州所经历的那样受限制于能源短缺。

• there had been no shortage of targets, they complained, but precious little action.

  他们抱怨说，从来不缺少目标，缺少的是宝贵的一点行动。

• but, as my investigation uncovered, the shortage of legal donors means that such a trade already secretly exists.

  但是，正如我的调查发现的，合法捐助者的缺乏，表明这样的交易已经秘密存在。

• needless to say, there’s no shortage of people with the skills to be maids or waiters; there just isn’t enough work.

  毋庸置疑，能够胜任女佣或服务员的求职者永远不会短缺；问题的关键还是没有那么多的工作岗位。

• the shortage of cash means this budget was a limited one.

  现金短缺意味着这个预算方案是束手束脚的。

• whatever solution they propose to the shortage of kidneys, nobody doubts that the black market, as it now works, has grotesque effects, both for donors and recipients.

  无论提出怎样的解决肾脏短缺的方案，没有人怀疑黑市对捐献者和接受者双方都带来可笑的结果，正如目前的情形那样。

• toyota faces a shortage of 30 components. that is much better than the 500 it lacked shortly after the quake, but it only takes one missing part to bring an assembly line stuttering to a halt.

  丰田汽车现面临30种零件的短缺，虽然现在比地震发生不久时缺少500种零件时的情形好了不少，但缺少一种零件就能让汽车装配线陷入瘫痪。

• we know retiring baby boomers will cause a shortage of employees throughout the system.

  我们知道，婴儿潮一代的退休将导致系统性的雇员短缺。

• but the shortage of childfriendly medicine is not confined to poor countries.

  但是儿童用药的短缺并不是只有穷国才遇到的问题。

• as ever more firms spring up to convert organic waste into diesel, gas and power, a shortage of trash and slurry will afflict some countries.

  随着越来越多的公司将有机垃圾转换为柴油，沼气和能源，一些国家将会受到垃圾和废水短缺的影响。

• another is a shortage of land and freshwater for use in aquaculture.

  另一个障碍是用于水产养殖的土地和淡水资源不足。

• in both cases the problem was insolvency, not just a shortage of liquidity.

  两者的问题都是资不抵债，而不仅仅是流动性短缺。

• china has already experienced a shortage of skilled workers in places like the pearl river delta, so it might not be long before we see major reforms.

  在中国的珠江三角洲等地已经出现了技工短缺的现象，所以不久以后，我们可能将看到计生政策上的重大变革。

• this shift can be complex, expensive and there is no shortage of opponents to the change.

  这种转变是复杂的、昂贵的，而且从来不缺少这种变革的反对者。

• as it is, development costs have roughly tripled since 2001, according to industry figures, thanks to a shortage of labour and parts—such as those massive tyres.

  根据工业数据，由于劳动力和零部件――例如那些大卡车的轮胎的短缺，油沙的研发费用自2001年以来已经翻了两番。

• the joint learning initiative (2004) and the world health report 2006 brought this shortage of health workers to the world’s attention, and the world health assembly called for urgent action.

  联合学习行动(2004年)和《2006年世界卫生报告》提请世界注意卫生工作者短缺的情况，而且世界卫生大会呼吁采取紧急行动。

• he says banks should be ready to provide promising small and medium-sized enterprises with strong support, because they face a shortage of cash.

  全光宇说：「韩国银行应该準备向那些有前途的中小企业提供有力支持，因为这些企业面临现金短缺。」

• hence the severe shortage of credit and predictions of worse to come.

  因此更严重的信贷短缺和更坏的预期将会到来。

• right now, says attiya, there is no actual shortage of fuel.

  现在，阿提亚说不存在实际的燃料供应短缺。

• the problem is accentuated by a shortage of water and electricity.

  缺乏水电使问题愈加严重了。

• doing so can cause a shortage of local memory for applications to use and cause insufficient memory errors and application failure.

  这样做可能导致应用程序可用的局部内存不足，从而导致内存不足错误和应用程序失败。

• there is no shortage of bread for those willing and able to pay higher prices for it.

  对于那些能够并且愿意支付高昂价格的人来说，并不存在面包短缺问题。

• there is no shortage of questions you could add to this, but i find this initial set is enough to distinguish those who genuinely care about their customers.

  这些问题没有可以再增加的不足，但我发现这些最原处的设置足以够区分出谁真心关心他们的顾客了。