shortfall

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈʃɔːt.fɔːl]
• 美式音标 [ˈʃɔːrt.fɑːl]
• 国际音标 [ʃɔ:tfɔ:l]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.不足；差額

词根记忆

• short(短) + fall(下落)→因收入下降而短少→虧空

同根派生

英汉例句

• a shortfall in tax revenue
  稅收收入不足
• There will soon be a shortfall in supply of qualified young people.
  郃格年輕人才的短缺將很快出現.
• By tradition, crops from Gaza make up the shortfall.
  依傳統, 加沙地帶的穀物將彌補這一缺口.
• a shortfall in tax revenue
  稅收收入不足
• The government has refused to make up a £30,000 shortfall in funding.
  政府拒不補上30,000英鎊的資金缺口。

词组短语

短語

• production shortfall 産量下降
• Investigation Shortfall 式微的調查性報道
• shortfall penalties 凡不服稅務侷罸款
• Expeeted Shortfall 期望短缺
• monetary shortfall 貨幣短缺

英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• an amount that is less than the level that was expected or needed

柯林斯英英字典

• If there is a shortfall in something, there is less of it than you need.

专业释义

經濟學

• 差額
• 赤字
• 不足之數