lack, want, absence, shortage, scarcity

名詞 shortage:

1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
   同義詞：deficit, shortfall
2. an acute insufficiency
   同義詞：dearth, famine

1. There was a shortage of oxygen at the top of the mountain.
   山頂上缺氧。
2. The bad harvest led to severe food shortage.
   歉收引起食物嚴重短缺。
3. The lack of rain aggravated the already serious shortage of food.
   干旱少雨使原本就很嚴重的糧食短缺問題更加嚴重。
4. Continuance of the war will mean shortage of the food.
   戰(zhàn)爭的持續(xù)意味著食品短缺。
5. Power shortage browned out those cities that winter.
   那年冬天，由于電力供應(yīng)不足那些城市采取了節(jié)約用電措施。
6. He always bemoans the shortage of funds for research.
   他總是嘆息研究經(jīng)費不足。
7. The company's main problem is the shortage of skilled personnel.
   這家公司的主要問題是缺少有技術(shù)的人員。
8. The war was lost because of a shortage of munitions.
   戰(zhàn)爭因軍火不足而失敗。