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词汇 example_english_temporary-shortage
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temporary shortage

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meanings of temporaryand shortage


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temporary
adjective
uk /ˈtem.pər.ər.i/ us /ˈtem.pə.rer.i/
not lasting or needed for ...
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shortage
noun[C]
uk /ˈʃɔː.tɪdʒ/ us /ˈʃɔːr.t̬ɪdʒ/
a situation in which there is not enough ...
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Examples of temporary shortage


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There is a temporaryshortage of a certain type of battery, but adequate supplies should be available within the next week or two.
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This temporaryshortage is being rectified as recruiting permits.
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Did not their obstinate attitude in rejecting selectivity result in a temporaryshortage of machinery for some categories of cloth?
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There was a temporaryshortage of airmen's shirts at this station, but this has now been overcome.
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But we do not want to knock out for ever a coal-burning electricity power station because of a temporaryshortage.
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In country areas where the district nurse is often the district midwife a temporaryshortage of staff may be felt acutely in the neighbourhood.
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The effect of the demobilisation arrangements and the consequent heavy drafting has resulted in a temporaryshortage of seaman ratings.
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There was a temporaryshortage at one unit which has now been remedied.
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A recent temporaryshortage has now been overcome.
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We are doing all we can to restore full service to public telephones, but there is a temporaryshortage of spare parts.
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On occasions, however, when there is a temporaryshortage of rolling stock, or exceptional congestion, it is necessary to work a few such trains.
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Issues of stump stocks have been reduced from four to three at a time, except in new cases, because of a temporaryshortage.
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Occasionally, however, an unusually heavy demand for a particular one may result in a temporaryshortage.
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There has been a temporaryshortage of copies.
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Increased demand has caused a temporaryshortage which, if next winter is severe, could be about 0·3 million tons.
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They think that it is only to be done during a temporaryshortage of fats and oils, and that the whole thing is basically artificial.
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Supplies of raw materials should, in general, be available, though in certain directions a temporaryshortage may occur.
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It was an adjustment to a temporaryshortage of liquidity.
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I am sorry that exceptionally heavy demands have caused a temporaryshortage of letter cards.
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They were built at a time of a temporaryshortage in bricks.
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