1.不足;短缺;亏空
2.短缺之量
1.a lack of something that you need or want, or the amount that you lack
1.The bank is justified in dishonoring a cheque for insufficiency (inadequacy, shortage, shortfall) of funds in his customer's account.
因为客户帐户上的资金（寸头）不足，银行拒付支票款项是合法的。
2.One of the ways Greece is trying to make up its budget shortfall is to lower the pay floor for those who were just joining the workforce.
希腊试图弥补预算差额的方法之一就是降低劳工的工资的最低标准。
3.THIS would seem to be the week when economists argue that a shortfall in investment is the main problem with the American economy.
这看上去将会是如此的一周：经济学家们在为投资量的下滑是美国经济遇到的主要问题。
4.But he could still get injured - and if he did, Arsenal would be unable to make up the goals shortfall from any other source.
但是他仍然有受伤的可能--如果他真的受伤，阿森纳将无法从其他地方拟补他的进球。
5.It still isn't known to regulators if any shortfall is the result of money being deliberately perted by the company, the official said.
这位官员说，监管层还不知道是不是全球曼氏金融故意转移资金造成了这种可能存在的亏空。
6.The implication was that there was no meaningful shortfall in client funds.
言下之意是客户资金不存在真正意义上的亏空。
7.Sony is trying to rectify that shortfall by lining up expensive new installments of its "Spider-Man" and "Men in Black" series.
索尼公司正试着通过编制新的高价的蜘蛛侠和黑衣人系列分册来填补亏损。
8.I had to dip into it a couple of times over the initial months but since then, the shortfall has been replenished.
在起初的几个月里，我被迫几次动用这笔资金，但此后这个缺口就又被补上了。
9.The deals limited competition and required the state to make up the company's shortfall if it failed to earn a 15% return on capital.
此协议限制了竞争，并且要求政府在公司的资本回报率低于15%时，补偿该公司的赢利差额。
10.Pig organs are of a similar size to human organs, and some scientists hope they might be used to help meet the shortfall.
猪的器官大小与人的器官相似，一些科学家希望它们可用于弥补器官短缺问题。