ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHORTAGE | SHORTAGE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤acute, chronic, critical, desperate, dire, serious, severe極度匱乏;嚴重不足◇the current acute shortage of teachers目前師資力量的嚴重不足➤growing, increasing日益/日漸匱乏➤future, impending, looming未來的短缺;即將出現的短缺◇a looming housing shortage in the city即將出現的城市住房短缺➤general普遍缺乏▸➤national, nationwide, world全國範圍的短缺;世界性的短缺◇the world shortage of coffee世界性的咖啡短缺➤current目前的匱乏▸➤wartime戰時短缺➤supply供給不足▸➤cash, electricity, energy, food, fuel, gas, gasoline, housing, oil, petrol, power, water現金/供電/能源/食品/燃油/煤氣/汽油/住房/油料/石油/電力/供水短缺▸➤labour/labor, manpower, nursing, personnel, skill, skills, staff, staffing, teacher勞動力短缺;護士短缺;人員短缺;技術人才匱乏;教師短缺VERB + SHORTAGE➤cause, create, lead to, result in造成短缺;導致匱乏▸➤be affected by, be hampered by, experience, face, have, suffer, suffer from受到短缺影響;遭遇短缺;面臨匱乏◇Industry is facing a serious skills shortage.產業界正面臨嚴重的技術人才匱乏局面。➤alleviate, ease緩解/減輕不足◇The recent heavy rains have helped to ease the water shortage.最近幾場大雨有助於緩解缺水的情況。➤address, deal with, fill, meet, overcome, solve, tackle解決缺口問題;應付短缺;補充不足;克服匱乏▸➤exacerbate加劇匱乏◇The energy shortages were exacerbated by the severe winter.嚴冬使能源匱乏的狀況雪上加霜。SHORTAGE + VERB➤occur短缺出現▸➤cause sth, lead to sth短缺造成⋯/導致⋯◇A shortage of resources has led to a cutback.資源匱乏已導致減產。PREPOSITION➤because of a/the shortage, due to a/the shortage因為/由於短缺◇Lives are being put at risk because of staff shortages.由於人手不足,許多人都有生命危險。➤shortage in⋯方面的匱乏◇Their economy continued to suffer shortages in raw materials.他們的經濟仍存在原材料匱乏的問題。➤shortage of⋯的匱乏◇a shortage of organ donors器官捐贈者的匱乏
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