食物短缺的情况很普遍。Food shortages are widespread.在战争期间常常发生粮食短缺的情形.Food shortages often occur in time of war.法律规定资金长期短缺的银行必须关闭。It is required by law to shut down banks which it regards as chronically short of capital....

“短缺的”的英语可以翻译为：[经] short，short-landed ...