shortage
英 [ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ]
美 [ˈʃɔːrtɪdʒ]
n. 不足; 缺少; 短缺
复数：shortages
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同义词辨析
shortageabsencelackwant【导航词义：短缺】
shortagen. 缺少，短缺
〔辨析〕
指供小于求，即达不到需要或规定的数量。
〔例证〕
There is no shortage of funds.
资金并不缺乏。
The bad harvest led to severe food shortages.
歉收造成食物严重短缺。
The war was lost because of a shortage of munitions.
战争因军火不足而失败。
资金并不缺乏。
The bad harvest led to severe food shortages.
歉收造成食物严重短缺。
The war was lost because of a shortage of munitions.
战争因军火不足而失败。
absencen. 缺乏；缺席
〔辨析〕
指某物根本不存在或完全短缺，也指某人未在现场。
〔例证〕
in the absence of evidence
缺乏证据
She noticed the absence of illustrations in the dictionary.
她发现那本词典里没有插图。
Please take care of my mother during my absence.
我不在时，拜托你照看我的母亲。
缺乏证据
She noticed the absence of illustrations in the dictionary.
她发现那本词典里没有插图。
Please take care of my mother during my absence.
我不在时，拜托你照看我的母亲。
lackn. 缺乏，不足
〔辨析〕
普通用词，指完全没有或不够充足，通常用于抽象事物。
〔例证〕
Hard work can often make up for a lack of ability.
努力工作常可弥补能力的不足。
His lack of money kept him from going to the concert.
他因缺钱不能去听音乐会。
Lack of time prevented me from writing to my parents.
由于没有时间，我没能给父母写信。
努力工作常可弥补能力的不足。
His lack of money kept him from going to the concert.
他因缺钱不能去听音乐会。
Lack of time prevented me from writing to my parents.
由于没有时间，我没能给父母写信。
wantn. 缺乏，匮乏
〔辨析〕
指完全没有或短缺某物，强调所缺之物是必需的东西，使用范围比lack 要窄一些；也指因没有食物、钱等造成的贫困。
〔例证〕
My son's always in want of money.
我儿子总是缺钱。
The kids are unhappy for want of love.
这些孩子因为缺乏爱而不幸福。
Many families are suffering from want.
许多家庭正遭受着贫困。
我儿子总是缺钱。
The kids are unhappy for want of love.
这些孩子因为缺乏爱而不幸福。
Many families are suffering from want.
许多家庭正遭受着贫困。
牛津词典
noun
- 不足；缺少；短缺
a situation when there is not enough of the people or things that are needed- 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。
- food/housing/water shortages
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 不足;缺少;短缺
If there is ashortage ofsomething, there is not enough of it.- 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。 - There's no shortage of ideas when it comes to improving the education of children.
谈到改善孩子教育问题，大家都想法多多。
- A shortage of funds is preventing the UN from monitoring relief...
英英释义
noun
- 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
- an acute insufficiency
双语例句
- There is a chronic shortage of patrol cars in this police district.
这个治安辖区严重缺乏巡逻车辆。 - The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases.
石油公司被控故意制造石油短缺以名正言顺地提高油价。 - The going was slow on the project because of a shortage of skilled workers.
这项工程进展缓慢，因为缺少熟练工人。 - There is a shortage of council housing
廉租公房房源不足。 - 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。 - Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses.
因为护理人员严重不足，患者生命垂危。 - Because of the shortage of creosote in the United States its use continued.
美国还在继续使用它，这是因为缺少防腐油的缘故。 - 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。 - Shortage of labour power retarded our economic development.
缺乏劳动力使我们的经济发展速度减慢。 - The flower withered because of water shortage.
这两天缺水，花打蔫儿了。