in short supply

These goods are in short supply.

这些货物供应紧张.

Food is in short supply all over the country.

全国普遍食品供应不足。

Good agricultural land is in short supply.

良田短缺。

Fresh water and other commodities are in short supply.

淡水和其他商品短缺。

Cigarettes are in short supply, like everything else here.

和其他所有东西一样，这里的香烟也供应不足。

Exploitable raw materials were in short supply.

可开发利用的原材料供应不足。

Nowadays that sort of innocence is in short supply.

现在那种天真烂漫很少见。

But these precious metals were in short supply, having been sent abroad to pay for imports.

可是当时金银都运往国外支付进口物品, 因此国内金银同样短缺.

When money is in short supply many businesses fail.

由于资金短缺,许多商行破产.

Eggs are in short supply.

鸡蛋供应不足.

Apples are likely to be in short supply this winter.

今冬苹果可能供应不足.

Eggs are in short supply now.

现在鸡蛋缺货.

Labor was in short supply , and real wages were much higher than in England.

劳动力很缺, 实际工资远远高于英国.

Food is in short supply.

食物供应不足.

Food was in short supply at that time.

食品一时接应不上.