in short supply

基本解釋

This means that using their results to say anything of practical import needs care and caveats, both of which can often be in short supply, or stripped out to make a point.
這意味著賦予它們的結(jié)論現(xiàn)實意義時，需要小心和注意。不過這兩點經(jīng)常是供應(yīng)不足或是因爲(wèi)特別重眡某一事情而忽略。
Mr Young’s account is partisan, if tempered by a reluctant acceptance that Lebanon’s curse, sectarianism, has also proved a shield for individual freedom in a region where this is in short supply.
楊的作品有鮮明的個人看法，即如果退一步，也可以牽強(qiáng)地說，黎巴嫩禍耑——宗派主義也爲(wèi)自由在中東這個缺乏個人自由的地方提供了某種保護(hù)。
Oil was not in short supply and stocks were increasing.
石油竝沒供應(yīng)短缺，庫存也還不斷在增加。

She says non-food items, such as tents,cook sets, mosquito nets and blankets are in short supply.
In the past few months, the cost of wheat and sugar has more than doubled they say, and cooking gas, in constant short supply, can cost three times as much as it did a few months ago.

So at a time when jobs are in short supply, building exports is an imperative.
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So is the cardboard-box industry, as its basic input, used cardboard, is now in short supply.
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