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.
政府已经拒绝补足3万美元的资金短缺。
Supply shortfalls in grains and other foodstuffs have contributed to higher commodity prices.
谷物和其他食品的短缺已对商品价格上涨造成助推。
Credit CARDS are not just a call to excess, but also a form of insurance against shortfalls in cash.
信用卡并不仅仅是过度消费的号角，还是对现金短缺的情形买下的一种保险。
But there are 25 countries in this belt, and funding shortfalls jeopardize much-needed campaigns elsewhere.
可是，这一地带有25个国家，资金短缺会妨碍在其它地方组织急需的活动。
Many of these shortfalls include promises of future retirement payments for public employees.
VOA: special.2011.03.04
Director-General Margaret Chan says the agency is "overextended" and faces "serious funding shortfalls."
VOA: special.2011.01.19
And that has not been done yet." But Suleiman says funding shortfalls and concerns over security and violence in Somalia make it unlikely such surveys will be carried out any time soon.
VOA: standard.2009.10.06
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