短缺的英语：want。
be short of. 短缺、缺乏、缺少。be in need/want of.
网络释义：be short of 、scarcity 、in short supply 、deficiency 、deficit 、shortage。
短语搭配：
1、现款短缺。
run out of cash.
2、现金短缺。
run out of cash.
3、川费短缺。
be short of travelling expenses.
4、能源短缺。
energy shortage.
5、燃料短缺。
fuel shortage.
6、人才短缺。
shortage of talents.
7、苦于资金短缺。
be hard pressed for funds.
8、缓和石油短缺。
ease the fuel shortage.
9、解决粮食短缺问题。
resolve grain shortages.
10、缓解食品短缺状况。
alleviate the food shortage.
双语例句：
1、这里粮食短缺现象仍然很严重。
There was still an acute food shortage here.
2、丰收大大缓解了粮食供应短缺的状况。
The bumper harvest greatly eased up the shortage of grain supply.
3、我们医院资金短缺，外加医生工作时间长，这些早晚都是祸根。
Our hospital is short of cash. Add(ed) to that the long hours doctors work, and we have a recipe for disaster.
4、19世纪60年代的棉花短缺。
The cotton famine of the 1860s.
5、人们正面临面粉之类基本供给的短缺。
People are facing a shortage of basics like flour.
6、关键的问题依旧是住房短缺。
The fundamental problem remains that of the housing shortage.
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