| 1. | There's an acute shortage of water. |
| 严重缺水。
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| 2. | Wartime austerities included food rationing and shortage of fuel. |
| 战时的艰苦包括食物配给和燃料短缺。
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| 3. | The war was lost because of a shortage of munitions. |
| 因军火不足而战败。
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| 4. | The government has to provide against a possible oil shortage in the coming months. |
| 政府须为未来几个月中可能出现的油荒作好准备。
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| 5. | A shortage of building land will push property values up. |
| 建筑用地缺乏将造成房地产价格逐渐上升。
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| 6. | The rumours of a petrol shortage turned out to be a false alarm. |
| 汽油短缺的谣传原来是一场虚惊。
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| 7. | The team includes several foreign players because of the shortage of home-grown talent. |
| 由于本国人才缺乏,该队尚有几名外籍队员。
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| 8. | There was a shortage of oxygen at the top of the mountain. |
| 该山顶上缺氧。
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| 9. | There is a shortage of trained nurses. |
| 受过正规训练的护士十分缺乏。
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| 10. | Manufacturing industry was worst affected by the fuel shortage . |
| 由于燃料短缺受到影响,制造业首当其冲。
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