短缺

Food shortages are no longer a problem.

食物短缺不再是个问题。

The hospital is desperately short-staffed.

这所医院人手极为短缺。

Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places.

有些地方专业人员严重短缺。

Any shortage could push up grain prices.

任何一种短缺都会抬高粮食价格。

Supplies of everything are unreliable, food is short.

各种补给都不稳定，食品也短缺。

Their health-care system suffers from queues, shortages and ropey equipment.

他们的医疗体系有很多不足：要排队等候，资源短缺，设备陈旧。

Fresh water and other commodities are in short supply.

淡水和其他商品短缺。

Oil shortages have brought on an energy crisis.

石油短缺已经造成了能源危机。

There will soon be a shortfall in supply of qualified young people.

合格年轻人才的短缺将很快出现.

Good agricultural land is in short supply.

良田短缺。

Food shortages are widespread.

食物短缺的情况很普遍。

a time of scarcity

物资短缺时期

There is an acute shortage of water.

水严重短缺。

a paucity of information

信息的短缺

Wartime austerities included food rationing and shortage of fuel.

战时的艰苦包括食物配给和燃料短缺.