undersupply

undersupply — 名詞

1. a situation in which the amount of something available is not enough to satisfy

1.名詞C1
釋義

供應不足

供給量低於需求

a situation in which the amount of something available is not enough to satisfy the amount that people want or need

例句

The city faces a chronic undersupply of affordable housing, forcing many families to move.

該城市面臨長期供應不足的平價住宅，迫使許多家庭搬離。

chronic undersupply of [resource]

During the drought, Amara struggled with an undersupply of irrigation water for her rice paddies.

乾旱期間，Amara 因灌溉用水供應不足而苦惱不已。

常見搭配
  • chronic undersupply
  • acute undersupply
  • undersupply of goods
  • undersupply of labour
  • face an undersupply
  • suffer from an undersupply
同義詞
  • shortage

    more common in general English; can be temporary or permanent

  • scarcity

    focuses on rareness or limited availability rather than demand mismatch

  • deficiency

    often implies something essential is missing; common in medical or nutritional contexts

反義詞
  • surplus

    opposite — more than enough

  • oversupply

    direct antonym; implies too much is available

  • glut

    informal alternative suggesting excessive supply

文法句型

undersupply of + noun

用法筆記

Often paired with chronic or acute to describe the severity of the shortfall. Common in economic and logistics contexts rather than everyday speech.

常見錯誤

There is an undersupply of food in the refugee camp.
There is a shortage of food in the refugee camp.
shortage is more natural in humanitarian contexts; undersupply sounds technical and is less common in everyday reporting.

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常用片語

  • face an undersupply
  • suffer from an undersupply
  • lead to an undersupply
  • result in an undersupply
  • an undersupply of

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