shortfall

US [ˈʃɔrtˌfɔl]
UK [ˈʃɔː(r)tˌfɔːl]
  • n.差额；缺口；亏空
  • Web不足；不足量；不足之量
Plural Form：shortfalls  

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shortfall
n.
1.
~ (in sth)
缺口；差额；亏空if there isa shortfall in sth, there is less of it than you need or expect

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Definition:
AllAll,差额差额,缺口缺口,亏空亏空,不足不足,不足量不足量,不足之量不足之量
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
The bank is justified in dishonoring a cheque for insufficiency (inadequacy, shortage, shortfall) of funds in his customer's account.
因为客户帐户上的资金（寸头）不足，银行拒付支票款项是合法的。
yīn wèi kè hù zhàng hù shàng de zī jīn ( cùn tóu ) bù zú , yín háng jù fù zhī piào kuǎn xiàng shì hé fǎ de 。
www.biem.cn
2.
One of the ways Greece is trying to make up its budget shortfall is to lower the pay floor for those who were just joining the workforce.
希腊试图弥补预算差额的方法之一就是降低劳工的工资的最低标准。
xī là shì tú mí bǔ yù suàn chā é de fāng fǎ zhī yī jiù shì jiàng dī láo gōng de gōng zī de zuì dī biāo zhǔn 。
article.yeeyan.org
3.
THIS would seem to be the week when economists argue that a shortfall in investment is the main problem with the American economy.
这看上去将会是如此的一周：经济学家们在为投资量的下滑是美国经济遇到的主要问题。
zhè kàn shàng qù jiāng huì shì rú cǐ de yī zhōu : jīng jì xué jiā men zài wèi tóu zī liàng de xià huá shì měi guó jīng jì yù dào de zhǔ yào wèn tí 。
www.ecocn.org
4.
But he could still get injured - and if he did, Arsenal would be unable to make up the goals shortfall from any other source.
但是他仍然有受伤的可能--如果他真的受伤，阿森纳将无法从其他地方拟补他的进球。
dàn shì tā réng rán yǒu shòu shāng de kě néng - - rú guǒ tā zhēn de shòu shāng , ā sēn nà jiāng wú fǎ cóng qí tā dì fāng nǐ bǔ tā de jìn qiú 。
news.arsenal.com.cn
5.
It still isn't known to regulators if any shortfall is the result of money being deliberately diverted by the company, the official said.
这位官员说，监管层还不知道是不是全球曼氏金融故意转移资金造成了这种可能存在的亏空。
zhè wèi guān yuán shuō , jiān guǎn céng hái bù zhī dào shì bu shì quán qiú màn shì jīn róng gù yì zhuǎn yí zī jīn zào chéng le zhè zhǒng kě néng cún zài de kuī kong 。
chinese.wsj.com
6.
The implication was that there was no meaningful shortfall in client funds.
言下之意是客户资金不存在真正意义上的亏空。
yán xià zhī yì shì kè hù zī jīn bù cún zài zhēn zhèng yì yì shàng de kuī kong 。
chinese.wsj.com
7.
Sony is trying to rectify that shortfall by lining up expensive new installments of its "Spider-Man" and "Men in Black" series.
索尼公司正试着通过编制新的高价的蜘蛛侠和黑衣人系列分册来填补亏损。
suǒ ní gōng sī zhèng shì zhe tōng guò biān zhì xīn de gāo jià de zhī zhū xiá hé hēi yī rén xì liè fēn cè lái tián bǔ kuī sǔn 。
blog.sina.com.cn
8.
I had to dip into it a couple of times over the initial months but since then, the shortfall has been replenished.
在起初的几个月里，我被迫几次动用这笔资金，但此后这个缺口就又被补上了。
zài qǐ chū de jǐ gè yuè lǐ , wǒ bèi pò jǐ cì dòng yòng zhè bǐ zī jīn , dàn cǐ hòu zhè ge quē kǒu jiù yòu bèi bǔ shàng le 。
www.elanso.com
9.
The deals limited competition and required the state to make up the company's shortfall if it failed to earn a 15% return on capital.
此协议限制了竞争，并且要求政府在公司的资本回报率低于15%时，补偿该公司的赢利差额。
cǐ xié yì xiàn zhì le jìng zhēng , bìng qiě yāo qiú zhèng fǔ zài gōng sī de zī běn huí bào lǜ dī yú bǎi fēn zhī shí wǔ shí , bǔ cháng gāi gōng sī de yíng lì chā é 。
www.ecocn.org
10.
Pig organs are of a similar size to human organs, and some scientists hope they might be used to help meet the shortfall.
猪的器官大小与人的器官相似，一些科学家希望它们可用于弥补器官短缺问题。
zhū de qì guān dà xiǎo yǔ rén de qì guān xiāng sì , yì xiē kē xué jiā xī wàng tā men kě yòng yú mí bǔ qì guān duǎn quē wèn tí 。
www.24en.com
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