shortage
英 /ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ/ 美 /ˈʃɔːrtɪdʒ/
- n. 短缺；不足a situation in which there is not enough of something
A water shortage forced us to take shorter showers.
缺水迫使我们缩短淋浴时间。
A shortage of affordable housing can force essential workers to live far from their workplaces.
可负担住房短缺可能迫使关键岗位的工作人员住在远离工作地点的地方。
搭配
a shortage of ……的短缺labour shortage 劳动力短缺severe shortage 严重短缺housing shortage 住房短缺
辨析提示
常用a shortage of；“缺少”也可说be short of。
词族
short (adj.)、shorten (v.)
近义 scarcity、lack
反义 surplus、abundance
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