The actual cash shortfall is usually not that important: the borrower can simply raise the additional money at a later date.

实际的现金不足通常不是那么重要：借款人可以在晚些日子再筹措资金。

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On July 20th the commission offered a compromise: one-third of the shortfall would come from cash earmarked for other research, the rest from unspent agricultural funds.

7月20日，欧盟委员会提出了一个折中方案：缺口的三分之一将来自为其他研究领域专拨的现金，其余部分来自尚未花完的农业资金。

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It would force Greece to raise cash to plug its budget shortfall and potentially pay yields that could run as high as 25% over German bonds, something that would probably be impossible.

此举将迫使希腊筹措资金以填补预算不足，还有可能要支付比德国国债高25%的收益，看上去不太现实。

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But it said local authorities faced a massive cash shortfall because of reduced government funding and an increasing elderly population.

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Over the course of 2012, if gas prices were to stay where they are now, Chesapeake would face a cash shortfall of several billion dollars.

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The cash shortfall means Russia will have to turn to banks to lend them money in order to pay government obligations like salaries and benefits.

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