shortfalls

英 [ˈʃɔːtˌfɔːlz]

美 [ˈʃɔrtˌfɔlz]

n. 缺口; 差额; 亏空
shortfall的复数

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.
1. 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。

双语例句

The decline has stoked government fears of tax revenue shortfalls and labor shortages.
这一状况引起了政府对税收收入不足以及劳动力短缺的担忧。
State budget shortfalls have led to widespread layoffs, tax increases, spending cuts and other measures that have restrained economic growth.
州预算不足已导致普遍的解雇，税收增加，开支削减和抑制经济的增长的其它措施。
Rising demand has eaten into the spare capacity available to make up any shortfalls.
不断上升的需求侵蚀了用以弥补石油短缺的后备产能。
We should not look askance at such a policy because of its potential shortfalls.
我们不应当因为这一政策的某些潜在缺陷而对它置之不理。
Most state and local governments are not allowed to borrow to cover shortfalls.
大部分的州政府和地方政府是不允许借贷来弥补财政短缺的。
Banks could make up capital shortfalls by accumulating retained earnings or shrinking their balance sheets steadily.
充足的时间使银行可以通过积累留存收益或逐步缩小资产负债表的方式来填补资本缺口。
On the institutional level, many pension funds facing large shortfalls are re-examining how contributions and benefit levels affect their long-term financial health.
在机构方面，很多面临巨大资金缺口的养老基金正重新研究缴款和退休金水平会如何影响它们的长期财务健康。
The rapid increase in foreign investment has, to a certain extent, made up for investment shortfalls in agriculture in Jiangsu Province and has expedited the development and utilization of agricultural resources.
外资迅速增加，在相当程度上弥补了江苏省农业投入的不足，加速了农业资源的开发利用。
Yet European nations have experienced significant revenue shortfalls, weak growth and, in some cases, a loss of access to international capital markets.
不过，欧洲国家也有着收入骤减和增长疲软的经历，在某些情况下，也存在无法通过国际资本市场融资的问题。
Liquidity shortfalls often arise around the end of each quarter and during public holidays, such as the Golden Week break, while stock market listings and changes to bank regulation could exacerbate the problem this year, she added.
她补充说，流动性短缺往往发生在季度末前后和黄金周等公众假期期间，而今年股票上市以及银行监管规则变化可能加剧这个问题。