柯林斯詞典shortfall /????t?f??l/ (shortfalls) 1. N-COUNT If there is a shortfall in something, there is less of it than you need. 不足 The government has refused to make up a $30,000 shortfall in funding. 政府已經(jīng)拒絕補(bǔ)足3萬美元的資金短缺。 返回 shortfall劍橋詞典an amount that is less than the level that was expected or needed 不足之?dāng)?shù)；缺口；差額 The drought caused serious shortfalls in the food supply . 干旱造成了嚴(yán)重的食品供應(yīng)短缺。 返回 shortfall