labour shortage

英 ['leɪbə(r) 'ʃɔːtɪdʒ] 美 ['leɪbər 'ʃɔːrtɪdʒ]

• 劳力短缺

labour shortage的用法和样例：

例句

1. Volunteers were recruited to relieve the acute labor shortage.
   招募了许多志愿者以缓解劳力短缺。
2. More immigration would ease labour shortages, though it would not stop the ageing of societies because the numbers required would be too vast.
   更多的移民可以减缓劳力短缺，尽管它不能阻止社会的老化过程，因为所需要的数量是在太大了。