shortage

/ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/· noun

政治/外交/军事B1

shortage
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Chinese meaning

短duǎn缺quē;不bù足zú

数shù量liàng不bù够gòu;短duǎn缺quē

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指zhǐ基jī辅fǔ严yán重zhòng缺quē乏fá西xī方fāng提tí供gōng的de反fǎn导dǎo防fáng御yù系xì统tǒng

Example

The blitz expanded Russia's almost daily bombardment of Ukrainian cities as Moscow apparently looked to exploit Kyiv's critical shortage of Western-supplied anti-ballistic missile defenses.

这zhè次cì空kōng袭xí扩kuò大dà了le俄é罗luó斯sī几jī乎hū每měi日rì对duì乌wū克kè兰lán城chéng市shì的de轰hōng炸zhà,莫mò斯sī科kē显xiǎn然rán是shì想xiǎng利lì用yòng基jī辅fǔ在zài西xī方fāng提tí供gōng的de反fǎn导dǎo防fáng御yù系xì统tǒng方fāng面miàn存cún在zài的de严yán重zhòng短duǎn缺quē。

Source: NPR · 30 Jul 2026

Background ✎

俄é罗luó斯sī对duì乌wū克kè兰lán多duō座zuò城chéng市shì发fā动dòng大dà规guī模mó空kōng袭xí,造zào成chéng至zhì少shǎo8名míng平píng民mín死sǐ亡wáng、数shù十shí人rén受shòu伤shāng。

Roots · etymology

源自 short + -age(名词后缀)

  • short(不足的)+ -age(表状态/结果的名词后缀)

Collocations

  • shortage of / critical shortage / labor shortage

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