单词 | shortfall |
释义 | shortfall /ʃɔːtfɔːl; name ʃɔːrt-/ noun [countable] if there is a shortfall in sth, there is less of it than you need or expect 缺口;差额;亏空◆they are selling assets to make up for a shortfall in profits. 他们正在出售资产以弥补利润的差额。◆several staff were made redundant to meet a shortfall of funds. 好几个员工被裁减以应付资金短缺。◆the company is facing a $9.2 million shortfall. 公司面临着 920 万元的差额。⨁ to compensate for / cover / make up / meet a shortfall补偿/抵补/补足/弥补亏空 ⨁ capital / earnings / funding / profit / revenue shortfalls资本/收益/资金/利润/收入差额 ⨁ an order / a production / sales / supply shortfall订单/生产/销售/供应缺口 ⨁ a big / huge / large / significant / small shortfall大的/巨大的/很大的/极大的/小的缺口 ☞ shortfallshortfall /ʃɔːtfɔːl; name ʃɔːrtfɔːl/ [countable] a situation in which there is not enough of sth, especially money or supplies of sth(尤指资金或供应的)缺口,差额,短缺◆last year there was a shortfall of over 500 000 tonnes in the grain supply.去年的粮食供应有超过 50 万吨的缺口。◆the estimated shortfall for this financial year is $1.2 million.本财政年度估算亏空 120 万元。note 辨析 shortage or shortfall? shortfall is used especially to talk about sth that is expected, for example the money that a company expects to make in a period of time. there can be a shortage of people as well as most things, but not◆a shortfall of people * shortfall 尤指预计会出现的事情,如公司预计在一段时间内盈利减少。shortage 既可指大多数事物的短缺,也可指人员的短缺,但不说 a shortfall of people。shortfall/ˈʃɔ:tfɔ:l ||; ˈʃɔrtˌfɔl/noun [c] shortfall (in sth) the amount by which sth is less than you need or expect 不足之数;差额 shortfallsee ⇨ enough/not enough 8 short·fall /`ʃɔrtˏfɔl; ˈʃɔːtfɔːl/n [c]the difference between the amount you have and the amount you need or expect 不足之量,差额:◇shortfalls in the city's budget 城市预算的赤字 |
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