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

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。
This will identify specific shortfalls, where improvement can be achieved.
这可以识别特定的不足，并获得改进的机会。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
It cannot replace shortfalls in local and central government budgets, but it can help to bridge the gap.
它不能弥补地方和中央政府预算的不足，但能帮助缩小缺口。
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。