energy shortage

基本解释

Chile, with little oil and gas, faces an energy shortage, especially if the economy continues to grow by 6% a year.
智利油氣資源很少，麪臨能量短缺，特別是如果它的經濟繼續保持6%的年增長率的話。
Toilet paper makers are trimming the length of their rolls while Brazil is battling a two-ply crisis rooted in the economic chaos in neighboring Argentina and a local energy shortage.
巴西麪臨著鄰國阿根廷經濟動蕩和國內能源短缺的雙重危機，而衛生紙生産商們也開始媮工減料。
Nuclear energy remains one of the major choices for most countries in tackling global energy shortage and climate change. However, the development of nuclear energy should be based on safety.
對許多國家而言，核能仍是應對全球能源短缺和氣候變化的重要選擇之一，但發展核能必須以確保安全爲前提。
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Now it's mired in an energy shortage brought on by--why is this not surprising?
FORBES: The Investment Samba
Second, an energy shortage obliged the government to impose rationing aimed at cutting electricity consumption by a fifth.
ECONOMIST: Argentine, and other, woes are dragging the region down
He gives warning, too, of an impending energy shortage because of price controls and the government's unfriendliness to investors.
ECONOMIST: The Americas

能源短缺
Energy shortage has been a big problem in the modern times.
能源短缺已是現代社會麪臨的一個重大問題，爲了尋求替代能源，人們做了不懈的努力。
資源短缺