Oil shortages have brought on an energy crisis...石油短缺已经造成了能源危机。Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.由于原料短缺，员工们已将近一个月无事可做。The article discusses the advantages and shortages of SPM which is used as ...
Their health-care system suffers from queues, shortages and ropey equipment.他们的医疗体系有很多不足：要排队等候，资源短缺，设备陈旧。Lithuanians are waking up to a world of increasing shortages.立陶宛人开始意识到物资日益匮乏。Shortages of professional staff are ve...
It is difficult for a small grocery store to compete with a supermarket.小商店很难与超市抗争.Schools should not compete with each other or attempt to poach pupils...学校之间不应该相互竞争，也不应该企图挖走彼此的学生。The premise is that schools will work h...
The captain was astern, pretending he was sleeping.船长在船尾，假装睡着了。One of the fishing boats sank down astern of us.有一艘渔船在我们后面沉没了.He cut the rope then and went astern to noose the tail.然后他割下一截绳子,走到船梢去套住鱼尾巴....