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这个工厂经常原料不足。 The factory is in frequent scarcity of raw materials.
他总是叹息研究经费不足。 He always bemoans the shortage of funds for research.
店主给我们的分量不足: 应该10公斤我们只得到7.5公斤. The shopkeeper gave us short weight: we got 7.5 kilos instead of 10 kilos.
他们拣拾木柴以补充煤的不足. They eked out their coal by collecting firewood.
指控他的证据不足信。 The evidence against him was flimsy.
本人认为此案证据不足. The case, I would submit, is not proven.
上次我去那家酒吧，喝的酒分量不足。 The last time I went to that pub I was given short measure.
这些商品现正供应不足，价格会上涨。 These goods are in short supply; the price will be high.
但我们懂得事情并非如此，更何况我们资金不足。 But we have learned that is not so. And in any case, our funds are low.
在你看来，停车时把汽车的保险杆部分突出在人行道上似乎是微不足道的，但就法制观念而言，这仍旧是一种犯法的行为。 Parking with your car bumper overhanging the pavement may seem trivial to you, but in the eyes of the law it is still an offence.
他睡眠不足. He didn't get much sleep.
她无法掩盖她身为作家的不足之处. She can't hide her deficiencies as a writer.
那计划的构想倒是十分宏伟, 但终因准备不足而告吹. The plan, brilliant in its conception, failed because of inadequate preparation.
思维敏捷和发言迅速可能弥补缺乏勇敢精神的不足。 Quick thinking and ready speech may carry off a little daring.
和可能打仗相比，所有其他忧虑都变得微不足道了。 All other anxieties paled into insignificance besides the possibility of war.
许多伟人曾经是贫苦、不足轻重的小孩。好汉不怕出生贱。 Many great men were once poor, unimportant boys. Great oaks form little acorn grow.
一小笔少量，微不足道的数目 A small, trifling sum.
战争因军火不足而失败。 The war was lost because of a shortage of munitions.
比率虽有下降, 但微不足道. The rate has fallen by an insignificant (ie too small to be important) amount.
总的来说，这篇文章写得不坏，但是有些小错，因此显得美中不足。 The essay is well-done on the whole. It is, however, marred here and there by slight inaccuracies.
该案因证据不足而撤销. The case was dismissed because of insufficient evidence.
市价已见回升，仓促处理掉，不足为取。 Hurried disposal unadvisable market recovery envisage.
这动物嗅觉灵敏弥补了视力之不足. The animal's good sense of smell compensates for its poor eyesight.
这次选举後该党已沦为微不足道的少数党. The election reduced the Party to a rump.