Shortage

(n.) Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.

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• The shortage of houses in the last months of 1919 amounted to scores of thousands in Britain alone. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The production of South American rubber is limited by a shortage of men rather than a shortage of trees. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• This system has been of great value in preventing a shortage of coal during strikes. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• And things were exacerbated by a shortage of provisions--for which the king's government was held guilty. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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