shortfall

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
    — Due to a shortfall in revenue, we will have to make some cuts.
  2. The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.

词形变化

shortfalls plural short-fall alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
closure shortfall force shortfall implementation shortfall shortfall constraint shortfall risk

词源

Deverbal from fall short. By surface analysis, short + fall.
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