shortfall
英 [ˈʃɔːtfɔːl]
美 [ˈʃɔːrtfɔːl]
n. 缺口; 差额; 亏空
复数：shortfalls
Collins.1 / BNC.8933 / COCA.10472
牛津词典
noun
- 缺口；差额；亏空
if there is a shortfall in sth, there is less of it than you need or expect
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 不足;缺口;差额;亏空
If there is ashortfall insomething, there is less of it than you need.- 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 government has refused to make up a £30,000 shortfall in funding.
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
双语例句
- In such a scheme, friends and neighbours have to make up the shortfall if someone can't pay.
在该计划中，如果有人不还款，朋友和邻居就必须弥补差额。 - Expected shortfall ( ES) is a new method for measuring market risk.
期望损失值是一种评估市场风险的新测度。 - This will result in a serious shortfall of modern fighters.
这将会造成现代化战斗的一个严重不足。 - Other investors may be looking for currency appreciation or deflation in goods prices to offset the nominal income shortfall.
其他投资者可能在指望货币升值或物价下跌，以抵消名义收益亏空。 - Moreover, this huge shortfall cannot be explained by a pre-crisis boom.
此外，这一巨大差距无法用危机前的繁荣来解释。 - Because of a looming budget shortfall, more layoffs are likely to happen.
由于出现预算不足，可能发生更多裁员。 - 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。 - But while some aid has been provided, it has made up only a fraction of the shortfall.
可是，尽管联邦政府提供了一些资助，但相对于资金缺口来说也是杯水车薪。 - Women and youth bear the brunt of the resulting shortfall in employment.
妇女和年轻人被雇佣对市场的冲击是造成工作岗位短缺的另一个因素。 - This shortfall led to the initial fighting and the subsequent full-scale violence in Darfur, says Ban.
缺水导致了最初的冲突以及后来达尔富尔的全面暴力活动。