shortfall
gb/ʃˈɔɹtfˌɔl/ us/ʃˈɔɹtfˌɔl/
B2
英语
~ 9500
义项
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名词
B2
quantity
1
amount missing from what is needed
The amount that is missing when you do not have as much as you need or expect, especially money or goods.
用法模式：
a shortfall in [something] / a shortfall of [amount]
常见错误：
Learners sometimes confuse "shortfall" with "shortcoming" and "shortage". "Shortfall" is about the missing amount of something needed or expected, especially money or resources (e.g., "a shortfall of $500"). "Shortcoming" means a weakness in a person or system (e.g., "His main shortcoming is poor time management"). "Shortage" describes a general situation of not having enough of something (e.g., "a water shortage"), without focusing on the exact missing amount. Learners also sometimes say *"short of money"* when they mean *"a shortfall of money"*; "short of" is an adjective phrase, while "shortfall" is a noun that usually takes "of" or "in" after it.
近义词
deficit (Common in financial and government contexts; slightly more technical or formal.)
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shortage (Focuses on not having enough of something in general, not specifically on the missing amount.)
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gap (A more general word for the difference between what is needed and what is available or achieved.)
反义词
surplus (Describes having more than is needed or expected, the opposite of a lacking amount.)
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excess (Emphasizes that there is too much of something rather than too little.)
搭配
budget shortfall
|revenue shortfall
|funding shortfall
|cash shortfall
|shortfall in supply
|make up the shortfall
主题
business
|economics
|money
|finance
|core_vocabulary
例句
- The company is facing a shortfall in cash after a drop in sales.
- There is a serious shortfall of nurses in rural hospitals.
- Tax cuts have created a $2 million shortfall in the city’s budget.
- Higher energy prices led to a shortfall in government revenue.
- Donations helped reduce the shortfall but did not remove it completely.
学习者例句
- We have a shortfall in our budget this year.
- There is a shortfall of five workers on the team.
- The school must find money to cover the shortfall.
- The charity has a shortfall in funding for the project.
语法
词典原形
shortfall
IPA
GB/ʃˈɔɹtfˌɔl/
US/ʃˈɔɹtfˌɔl/
音节与重音
short - fall （2 个音节）
Stress on 1st syllable (short)
词形变化
Noun
- Base: shortfall
- Plural: shortfalls
词族
相关表达
cover the shortfall
1/kˈʌvɚ ðə ʃˈɔɹtfˌɔl/
fixed phrase
supply enough to remove deficit
To provide enough money, people, or things so that there is no longer a shortfall.
例句
- The bank agreed to lend money to cover the shortfall.
- Extra government funding will cover the shortfall in hospital budgets.
make up the shortfall
2/mˈeɪk ˈʌp ðə ʃˈɔɹtfˌɔl/
fixed phrase
provide what is missing
To give or find enough money, people, or things to fill the missing amount.
例句
- Parents were asked to help make up the shortfall in school funding.
- We used our savings to make up the shortfall in this year’s budget.