今天我們要學的詞是shortfall。 Shortfall, 是短缺的意思。 "California is facing a $19.1 billion budget shortfall," 美國加州面臨著191億美元的預算短缺。最新報告說, "The Australian housing shortfall will hit 200,000 this year," 澳大利亞房屋供應短缺今年將達到二十萬棟。 "Cocoa futures rose to the highest price in two months on speculation that a global supply shortfall will continue to get worse," 可可粉的期貨交易價格上升到了兩個月來的最高水平,因為有傳言說,全球供給短缺的情況還會繼續惡化下去 。好的,今天我們學習的詞是shortfall...
n. 沉思,推測,投機