| 单词 | shortfall |
| 释义 | shortfall (ʃɔːʳtfɔːl ) Word forms: shortfalls countable noun If there is a shortfall in something, there is less of it than you need. The government has refused to make up a £30,000 shortfall in funding. [+ in] Synonyms: deficit, shortage, deficiency, loss Collocations: address the shortfall However, while the scheme, if successful, will address the shortfall in numbers, it cannot address the brain drain. Times,Sunday Times The rest must come up with an 'action plan' for how they are going to address the shortfall. Times, Sunday Times Ministers have been asked to address the shortfall. Times, Sunday Times A year ago it asked lenders to contact all borrowers with interest-only mortgages due to mature before 2020 to ask them to outline how they would address any shortfall. Times, Sunday Times Nine hundred military personnel were needed to address the shortfall in security. Times, Sunday Times Officials came up with an unusual solution to make up the cash shortfall. The Sun Crimes thinks the company will need to issue about 1 billion of new bonds, and would face a greater cash shortfall if it could not. Times, Sunday Times Analysts forecast that the country may face a cash shortfall of more than €10bn this month. Times, Sunday Times Council bosses hope the charge will make up a cash shortfall caused by government cuts. The Sun But the report concludes that with a yearly cash shortfall for maintenance work of 831million, our roads are just going to get worse. The Sun But nurseries worry extra funding will not cover their shortfall. The Sun The mutual offered you an interest-free loan to cover the shortfall. Times, Sunday Times Both applicants applied for discretionary housing payments to cover the shortfall in rent after the introduction of the regulation and received such payments temporarily. Times,Sunday Times The home would close if self-payers did not cover the shortfall between inadequate state funding and the actual cost of care provision. Times,Sunday Times Desperate to stump up the cash, she 'borrows' over 300 of the fun-run money to cover the shortfall. The Sun Subsequently, in a worst-case scenario, the group could face a shortfall of up to half a million credits in the first quarter. Times, Sunday Times However, 88% of its endowments are still in the 'red' zone, meaning savers face a shortfall. Times, Sunday Times Others face a shortfall because they bought an endowment in the 1990s that has failed to perform. Times, Sunday Times By 2026, we could face a shortfall of up to 33,000 secondary teachers. Times,Sunday Times Although health funding has been ring-fenced, local authorities face a shortfall of almost £4 billion by 2025 in social care budgets. Times,Sunday Times But that view relies on the assumption that the private sector will fill any shortfall in demand left by the withdrawal of fiscal stimulus. Times, Sunday Times And central banks cannot ease monetary policy further to fill the shortfall in demand. Times, Sunday Times The majority of banks are filling this shortfall through asset sales, calling in loans or making smaller bonus and dividend payments. Times, Sunday Times This will give you an idea of what your income shortfall will be — compared with your present salary — and any decision on retirement should be made accordingly. Times, Sunday Times When this becomes unsustainable because the income shortfall has swallowed up other savings, selling the house can seem the only remaining solution. Times, Sunday Times Income shortfalls are made up for by government support programs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For a charity this can then leave a significant shortfall between the money being received and the true cost of care. Times, Sunday Times However, the long-term impact has been a significant shortfall in her retirement savings. Times, Sunday Times A red letter signifies that there will be a significant shortfall. Times, Sunday Times This leaves a significant shortfall. Times, Sunday Times Our living expenses had increased so sharply that instead of a bit left over at the end of every month, there was now a significant shortfall. Times, Sunday Times And we are still facing a supply shortfall next winter. Times, Sunday Times In the event of a supply shortfall, fresh supplies could simply be pumped directly to consumers. Times, Sunday Times Demand for reliable energy has also grown due to worries over a gas supply shortfall. Times, Sunday Times While inroads are being made, a backlog of 40 years means the supply shortfall will persist for some time. Times, Sunday Times The energy group believes that a supply shortfall could emerge, with new projects stalling because of difficulties in financing them. Times, Sunday Times Tax collectors have a target to reduce the 42 billion annual tax shortfall by 7 billion. Times, Sunday Times That's half as much again as the 9.7bn tax shortfall it attributes to avoidance by big companies. Times, Sunday Times By the late 1960s, the combination of municipal tax shortfalls and city uprisings produced the so-called urban crisis, which was as much ideological as material. The Times Literary Supplement Translations: Chinese: 短缺 Japanese: 不足すること |
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