shortage

lack, want, absence, shortage, scarcity

这些名词均含“缺乏，不足”之意。
lack: 普通用词，指部分或完全的不足。
want: 指完全或短缺某物，侧重缺少之物是必需的东西。使用范围比lack窄些。
absence: 指某物根本不存在或完全短缺，或某人虽存在，但未到现场。
shortage: 指不足，但侧重达不到规定的，需要的或已知应有的数量。
scarcity: 指产量不足或缺乏某物难以应付或满足需要。

名词 shortage:

1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
   同义词：deficit, shortfall
2. an acute insufficiency
   同义词：dearth, famine

1. There was a shortage of oxygen at the top of the mountain.
   山顶上缺氧。
2. The bad harvest led to severe food shortage.
   歉收引起食物严重短缺。
3. The lack of rain aggravated the already serious shortage of food.
   干旱少雨使原本就很严重的粮食短缺问题更加严重。
4. Continuance of the war will mean shortage of the food.
   战争的持续意味着食品短缺。
5. Power shortage browned out those cities that winter.
   那年冬天，由于电力供应不足那些城市采取了节约用电措施。
6. He always bemoans the shortage of funds for research.
   他总是叹息研究经费不足。
7. The company's main problem is the shortage of skilled personnel.
   这家公司的主要问题是缺少有技术的人员。
8. The war was lost because of a shortage of munitions.
   战争因军火不足而失败。