单词 | shortfall |
释义 | shortfall (once / 4764 pages) n WORD FAMILY shortfall: shortfalls USAGE EXAMPLESLegislators will already face a $348 million budget shortfall when they return to Topeka on Jan. 9. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Plugging that shortfall, while debating the next two-year state budget Walker will introduce in February, will drive legislative debate for the year. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Acknowledging the shortfalls, the government announced last month that it planned to appoint more than 8,000 doctors and nurses in 2017. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) n the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required Syn|Hypo|Hyper deficit, shortage oxygen deficit temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency lack of an adequate quantity or number |
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