shortage of

常见例句

The shortage of oil will probably drive prices up.
石油短缺很有可能迫使价格上涨。
The problem is accentuated by a shortage of water and electricity.
缺乏水电使问题愈加严重了。
Another is a shortage of land and freshwater for use in aquaculture.
另一个障碍是用于水产养殖的土地和淡水资源不足。

Some of the farmers were victims of a terrible shortage of rain, and of their own poor farming methods.
And why should there be a shortage of farmland?
但是为什么当时的耕地会短缺呢
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One of them was that the U.S. Government had shut down the construction industry during the war, so they didn't build any houses for close to five years; obviously we had a shortage of housing.
其一就是美国政府在战争时期,停止了建筑行业,那时他们已经快五年没有建造任何房屋了,显然,房屋资源是短缺的
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The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates a shortage of 150, 000 doctors by 2025.
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