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 skeptics who just two years ago questioned the product shortfalls and technological expertise required to implement BPL solutions are now coming around.
  两年前质疑产品短缺和实现BPL解决方法所需技术支持的怀疑者们又回来了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• China Mobile has teamed up with Shanda, helping the telecom company to tackle content shortfalls.
  中国移动已经与盛大合作，以解决内容短缺的问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Contracting output will only exacerbate the revenue shortfalls which have already placed countries on unsustainable fiscal paths.
  收入不足已经把各国推上了不可持续的财政道路，而经济产出收缩只会使收入缺口进一步扩大。