shortfall

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n. 不足, 不足量 [经] 缺少, 不足, 亏舱运费

词形变化

shortfalls 复数 shortfalls

别名

short-fall

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.

    未达标

    短缺

    Due to a shortfall in revenue, we will have to make some cuts.

  2. 2.

    The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.

    缺口

    差额

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

shortage deficit

上位词 3

deficiency inadequacy insufficiency

下位词 1

oxygen deficit

词源

Deverbal from fall short. By surface analysis, short + fall.

来源：wiktionary