- a fault in somebody’s character, a plan, a system, etc.缺点；短处 synonym defect
- She made me aware of my own shortcomings.她使我意识到自己的缺点。
- Despite a number of shortcomings, the project will still go ahead.尽管存在许多缺点，该项目仍将继续进行。
Extra Examples- Not all these shortcomings stem from inadequate resources.这些缺陷并非都源自资源不足。
- The committee is willing to overlook your past shortcomings.委员会可以对你过去的缺点忽略不计。
- Their proposal seeks to remedy the shortcomings of the current system.他们的建议旨在弥补当下体制存在的缺陷。
- There were obvious shortcomings in the report.报告有明显纰漏。
- They said the accident was due to shortcomings on the part of the pilots.他们说是飞行员的过失造成了这起事故。
- The report highlights the shortcomings of the prison service.该报告特别强调了监狱部门的缺失。
- The three studies suffer from several shortcomings.这三项研究有几个缺点。
- What are the real shortcomings in the inspection procedure?该审查程序的真正不足在哪里？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + shortcoming- have
- suffer from
- call attention to
- …
shortcoming + verbpreposition- despite somebody/something’s shortcomings
- in spite of somebody/something’s shortcomings
- shortcoming in
- …
phrases- shortcomings on somebody’s part
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