shortage是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 不足， 缺少，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《查太莱夫人的情人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They were rather earnest about the Tommies, and the threat of conscription, and the shortage of sugar and toffee for the children.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- So greatwas the shortage of paper in the Confederacy now that Gerald's note was written between the lines of her last letter tohim and reading it was difficult.
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