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There's a shortage of medical staff, so a lot of the doctors here are from abroad.医务人员短缺，所以这里的许多医生都来自国外。There is a shortage of affordable housing.人们买得起的住宅短缺。There will soon be a shortfall in the supply of qualified people.合格人才短缺的现象将很快出现。The fuel shortage sent prices soaring.燃料短缺使价格飞涨。Winter is setting in and the population is facing food and fuel shortages.冬天即将到来，人们将面临食物和燃料的短缺。Heavy rains were responsible for the shortage of vegetables.大雨是蔬菜短缺的原因。As a result of the rape of the forests, parts of the country are now short of water.由于森林遭到破坏，目前该国的部分地区水源短缺。Inflation and the shortage of banknotes has forced factories to pay their workers in kind.通货膨胀和纸币短缺使工厂不得不以实物抵付工人的工资。The total shortage was 500 tons.短缺之总额为五百吨。Supplies were running low/short.补给品越来越少/短缺了。Panic buying turned the shortage into a crisis.恐慌性抢购使这种短缺变成了一场危机。People in hospitals are dying because of a shortage of medicine.由于药品短缺，医院里的病人生命垂危。These shortages do not exist to the extent that you report.这些短缺并不像你所报道的那么严重。The fuel shortage brought the country to its knees within weeks.燃料短缺使整个国家在几周内陷入了瘫痪。The undeveloped world will be undersuppliedwith doctors.不发达世界将面临医生短缺。Holding a party was not the best use of scarce funds.举行宴会不是利用短缺资金的最佳方式。The war was lost because of a shortage of munitions.战争因军火短缺而失败了。A shortfall of energy supplies seems inevitable in the near future.在不久的将来，能源供应短缺似乎不可避免。There's a great shortage of resource materials in many schools.很多学校物资都十分短缺。The government went back to fundamentals, concentrating on avoiding food shortages.政府回到最基本的问题上，全力防止粮食短缺。Good agricultural land is in short supply.肥沃的农业用地短缺。As the drought became worse, there was less and less food available.随着旱情越来越严重，食品越来越短缺。With the increase in trade, good timber for shipbuilding was becoming scarcer.随着贸易的增长，造船的优质木材已越来越短缺。Fresh water and other commodities are in short supply.淡水和其他商品短缺。Skilled workers are in short supply around here.这儿熟练工人短缺。They are always short of water to drink, much less to bathe in.他们的饮用水一直短缺，更别提洗澡水了。Fresh food is so scarce that prices have rocketed.新鲜食品极为短缺，导致价格猛涨。It is required by law to shut down banks which it regards as chronically short of capital.法律规定资金长期短缺的银行必须关闭。China has a chronic shortage of capital, so it must encourage saving.中国资金长期短缺，所以一定要鼓励储蓄。A buffer stock of grain was held in case of emergency shortages.谷物已有缓冲存货，以备突发短缺之需。Shortages have become a way of life here.短缺在这里已习以为常。There continues to be a shortage of jobs for young people in many rural areas.在许多乡村地区，适合年轻人的工作一直短缺。Once food became available, inflation would stop short in its tracks.一旦粮食短缺问题得到解决，通货膨胀就会立即停止。The recent panic over/about unsafe drinking water resulted in a shortage of bottled water in the stores.近期饮用水不安全引起的惶恐导致商店瓶装水短缺。In some parts of the world, clean drinking water is very scarce.世界上有些地方干净的饮用水十分短缺。The hospital is desperately short-staffed.这所医院人手极为短缺。Pelts were in short supply last year.去年毛皮货源短缺。Hospitals suffer from inadequate facilities, antiquated equipment and shortages of medical supplies.医院面临的问题是设施不足、设备陈旧、医疗物资短缺。Many stations needed repairs or rebuilding and there was a shortage of rolling stock.许多车站需要维修或重建，而且铁路车辆也出现短缺。The biotech corporations argue that genetically modified crops will put an end to food shortages in the developing world.生物工程公司辩称，转基因作物将会结束发展中国家粮食短缺的状况。 |