• 缺乏,缺少

Shorttn.肖特shortadj.短的；矮的；短期的；短缺的；简略的；粗暴无礼的；[语]短音的adv.缺少；未达到；半中间(打断)；过早地(终止)n.<英口>烈酒；电影短片；[电]短路v.(使)短路short fall亏空,缺少short code短码short tour短距离旅行short leetn.最后一轮的候选人名单short stay近锚泊short size尺寸不足short pile短桩short hand短手；速记short loop短环short waven.短波

1. The country is short of skilled labor.
   这个国家缺乏熟练工人。
2. We were kept on short commons during the siege.
   我们被围困时缺乏粮食。
3. The country is short of known deposits of coal.
   这个国家缺少已知的煤矿矿床。
4. Being short of sickles, they are reaping by hand.
   由于缺少镰刀，他们在徒手收割庄稼。