例句
A water shortage forced us to take shorter showers.
缺水迫使我們縮短淋浴時間。
A shortage of affordable housing can force essential workers to live far from their workplaces.
價格可負擔的住宅短缺可能迫使關鍵崗位的工作人員住在遠離工作地點的地方。
常用搭配
- a shortage of｜……的短缺
- labour shortage｜勞動力短缺
- severe shortage｜嚴重短缺
- housing shortage｜住房短缺
詞形與相關詞
short (adj.) · shorten (v.)
用法提示
常用a shortage of；「缺少」也可說be short of。