understocked
understocked — 名詞
1. a situation in which a shop, farm, warehouse, or other operation does not have e
庫存不足
商品或物資數量低於正常需求
a situation in which a shop, farm, warehouse, or other operation does not have enough goods, animals, or materials available to meet normal needs or customer demand.
The shop's understock of winter coats meant many customers left empty-handed.
這家店的冬季外套庫存不足，導致許多顧客空手而歸。
understock of [goods]
A serious understock of medical supplies forced the clinic to send patients elsewhere.
嚴重的醫療物資庫存不足迫使那間診所將病人轉送到別處。
The warehouse manager blamed the understock of spare parts on a strike at the main factory.
倉庫經理將庫存不足歸咎於主要工廠的罷工。
During the drought, the farm's understock of hay forced it to sell half its cattle.
乾旱期間，這座農場因乾草庫存不足而被迫賣掉一半的牛隻。
- surplus
an amount that is more than what is needed
- oversupply
an excessive quantity of goods available
文法句型
understock of [something]
用法筆記
The noun form is "understock" (uncountable). It is most common in business, agriculture, and logistics contexts, often paired with a prepositional phrase introduced by "of".
常見錯誤
understocked — 動詞
- understockedpresent simple I / you / we / they
- understockeds3rd person singular
- understockeding-ing form
- understockededpast simple
1. to provide a shop, farm, warehouse, or other operation with fewer items, animals
供貨不足
提供比正常需要更少的庫存
to provide a shop, farm, warehouse, or other operation with fewer items, animals, or supplies than are normally needed or desirable for regular operation.
The manager understocked the bakery, worried that fresh bread would not sell before closing.
那位經理讓麵包店進貨不足，擔心新鮮麵包在打烊前賣不完。
understock [place] — transitive pattern
The pharmacy was understocked with flu vaccines during the worst weeks of the outbreak.
在疫情最嚴重的幾週裡，供貨商對那家藥局的流感疫苗供貨不足。
passive: be understocked with [goods]
Farmer Ilan understocked his barn with hay before winter and ran out of feed by late January.
農夫 Ilan 在冬季前對穀倉的乾草備貨不足，到了 1 月底飼料就用完了。
Constanza warned the team that understocking the warehouse before the holiday season would hurt sales.
Constanza 警告團隊，節日前倉庫備貨不足會影響銷售業績。
Inspectors found the FreshMart chain had understocked three stores in Oakwood compared to two in Riverside.
稽查人員發現 FreshMart 連鎖店在 Oakwood 的三家分店備貨比 Riverside 的兩家分店少。
- undersupply
more general, can apply to any resource or need
- short-change
informal, implies unfairness rather than miscalculation
文法句型
understock [place/business]
be understocked with [goods]
understock [place] with [goods]
用法筆記
Most commonly found in the passive voice ("the store was understocked") or as a past-participle adjective ("an understocked warehouse"). The active form is rarer but grammatically correct. Distinguish from sense 1 (noun): the noun refers to the state of having too little stock; the verb describes the action of providing too little.