There is an acute shortage of water.

水严重短缺。

They face a desperate shortage of clean water.

他们面临无污染水源的严重短缺。

There is a shortage of fresh water on the island.

岛上缺少淡水。

Spending too much now will mean a shortage of cash next year.

现在花销太多就意味着明年现金短缺。

A shortage of funds is preventing the UN from monitoring relief.

资金短缺使得联合国无法监督救济工作。

His action is indicative of growing concern about the shortage of skilled labour.

他的行为显示对于熟练工人短缺现象的日益关注。

Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor.

过高的房价使穷人负担得起的房源严重短缺。

It has experienced a shortage of registered nurses.

它的注册护士人手短缺。

The shortage of teachers is tied up with the issue of pay.

师资紧缺和工资问题有密切联系。

As a result, there has been a shortage of coffee throughout the world.

结果，全世界都出现了咖啡短缺。

Early indications are that Smith will have no shortage of farm members.

早期迹象表明，史密斯不会缺乏农场员工。

In fact, any new source of energy will be very welcome, as there is already a shortage of petroleum.

事实上，任何新的能源都将受到欢迎，因为石油已经短缺。

We aren't suffering from a shortage of needed skilled; we're suffering from a lack of policy resolve.

我们并没有苦于所需技术人员的短缺；我们是苦于政策决心的缺乏。

The shortage of crews proved to be a greater and greater problem, despite continuous appeal to Venic's tradition of maritime greatness.

尽管一再强调威尼斯那海事之伟大的传统，但是船员的短缺被证明是一个日益严重的问题

The environmental approach hypothesizes that states appear in certain environmental settings, settings which have a severe population problem or a shortage of agricultural land.

环境法假设国家是在特定的环境中出现的，这些环境存在严重的人口问题或农业用地短缺。

Many companies are suffering from a shortage of skilled staff.

许多公司苦于缺乏熟练员工。

Thousands of penguins have already died from a shortage of krill.

数千只企鹅因为磷虾匮乏已经死亡。

For sure, there is little shortage of eye-popping scenery around here.

可以肯定的是，这里不缺乏令人着迷的景象。

The shortage of good stock has kept some investors away from the stock exchange.

优质股票的缺乏使得一些投资者远离股票交易。

Many stations needed repairs or rebuilding and there was a shortage of rolling stock.

许多车站需要维修或重建，而且铁路车辆不够。

The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of petrol to justify price increases.

一些石油公司为了找借口提高油价而策划谎报石油短缺，因而被起诉。

There'll never be a shortage of people who consider themselves uniquely qualified to be president of the United States.

从不缺乏那种自认为特有资格成为美国总统的人。

The local people used to live a hard life because of the shortage of water.

因为缺水，当地人民过去过着艰难的生活。

Along the way, he met bad weathers, a shortage of food and water and so on.

一路上，他遇到了恶劣的天气，食物和水的缺乏等等。

If scientists can find cheaper ways to do it, we can solve the problem of the shortage of water.

如果科学家们能找到成本更低的方法，我们就能解决缺水的问题。

Shortage of funding delayed its construction.

资金短缺导致建设滞后。

The shortage of water poses a serious problem for the government.

水资源缺乏对政府而言是个严重的问题。

For years, the U. S. has experienced a shortage of registered nurses.

多年来，美国都面临着注册护士短缺的情况。

Both places had vast areas of fertile farmland, no shortage of agricultural land.

这两个地方都有大片肥沃的农田，不缺耕地。

We aren't suffering from a shortage of needed skills; we're suffering from a lack of policy resolve.

我们并不是苦于缺少所需的技能，而是苦于缺乏政策决断。