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

• Openly confronts issues; does not rationalize shortfalls.
  以开放的心态面对问题，不对缺陷妥协。
• 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。
• This will require developers to continue to leverage J2EE and general EAD best practices and layering patterns as a mean to overcome the shortfalls of this antipattern.
  这将要求开发人员继续利用J2EE和常见EAD最佳实践及分层模式，将其作为克服此反模式的缺陷的方法。
• Those shares had plunged in 1771 mainly because of losses in Bengal, but the company kept paying high dividends and covered up its shortfalls by borrowing money.
  这只股票在1771年早已大跌，主要是因为孟加拉的损失。但这家公司靠借钱继续支付高股息，掩盖了问题。
• 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。
• Tackling global investment and infrastructure shortfalls is crucial to lifting growth, job creation and productivity.
  解决全球投资和基础设施投资不足问题，对促进增长、创造就业和提高生产力至关重要。
• 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。
• 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。
• In less than 30 seconds, back came not just the yield of the security, but the month-by-month future interest payments and principal repayments, including whether and when shortfalls and losses would be incurred.
  不到30秒，系统不仅给出了这种证券的收益率，而且还给出了未来每月的利息支付额、本金偿还额，还附有是否（及何时）会发生偿款不足与损失的信息。
• At some point, global oil production would hit a high point and then decline, causing grave shortfalls.
  在某一时间，全球石油产量将达到最高点，随后将一路走低，导致严重的短缺。