Word · Frequency #8933
shortfall
不足额；缺口；差额
核心释义
the amount by which something is less than expected or required; a deficit
- 1.
未达到配额、义务或任何预期目标的情形。
An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
- 2.
不足额
the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- 3.
未达到该配额、义务等的数额。
The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.
未达标；未达到预定目标；未达到配额、义务或任何预期目标的情形。；不足额；未达到该配额、义务等的数额。；不足
用法In use
The budget shortfall forced the company to cut costs.
用法提示：此处shortfall指预算上的短缺，作名词，表示经济层面的不足。
The unexpected crop failure led to a shortfall in food supplies.
用法提示：shortfall与in连用，表示供应量上的不足。
The power plant's outage caused a shortfall in electricity generation.
用法提示：shortfall指发电量的缺口，名词，常与in搭配描述资源或产量的缺乏。
shortfall in [sth]
The project failed due to a shortfall in funding.
该项目因资金不足而失败。
shortfall of [amount]
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- budget shortfall
- 预算不足
- The project faced a budget shortfall of $2 million.该项目面临200万美元的预算不足。
- revenue shortfall
- 收入不足
- The company reported a revenue shortfall for the third quarter.该公司报告第三季度收入不足。
- make up the shortfall
- 弥补不足
- The government plans to borrow money to make up the shortfall.政府计划借款以弥补不足。
- cover the shortfall
- 补足差额
- Additional taxes were introduced to cover the shortfall in funding.引入了额外税收以补足资金差额。
- cash shortfall
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
短少（short）加下降（fall）就是不足额，想象资金短缺导致业绩下滑。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：finance、business、general 该词在正式报告和日常对话中均可使用，但比较常见于财经或商业语境中。通常表示预期与结果的差额，使用时需注意搭配，如‘budget shortfall’等。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the common ending '-fall' pronounced /fɔl/, but their main stress is on different syllables, so they do not rhyme with 'shortfall'.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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