英 [ˈʃɔːtkʌmɪŋ] 美 [ˈʃɔːrtkʌmɪŋ]
n. 缺点，短处
复数shortcomings
shortcoming /ˈʃɔːtˌkʌmɪŋ/ CET4 TEM4
可数名词 Someone's or something's shortcomings are the faults or weaknesses which they have. 缺点
Marriages usually break down as a result of the shortcomings of both partners.
婚姻常常因双方的缺点而破裂。
a failing or deficiency
同义词： defect
不足-引用次数：107
It plays an important role in offsetting the shortcoming of argumentum and disposition doctrine.
释明权理论在弥补辩论主义和当事人处分权主义不足方面扮演重要的角色。
参考来源论法官释明权（研究生论文）
缺陷-引用次数：78
Chapter four analyses the shortcoming in protecting criminal victims in China toeduce the pressure and necessity of paying attention to criminal victims.
第四章分析我国在刑事被害人保护方面存在的缺陷，从中得出关注刑事被害人问题的紧迫性和必要性。
不足-引用次数：31
But compared with the successful poets at the same time in Guangxi, Su's poems had the shortcoming of not reflecting society deeply.
然而，与同时活跃于诗坛的大家相比，苏诗呈现出反映生活不够深刻的不足。
参考来源《萃益斋诗集》校注（研究生论文）
缺憾-引用次数：11
However, oral history can make up for this shortcoming, which tends to explore the history of those who have been neglected by "big history.
口述史的研究弥补了这种缺憾,它所倾向的是如何发掘那些被大历史所忽视的“历史”。
缺失-引用次数：9
参考来源冲突与融合
短处
而南美球队最大的缺点(Shortcoming)就是阐扬不稳定，心态起伏大，这从足球上可以明显的看出来，一旦打的不顺，很可能一败涂地越打越燥，能不能把敌手逼到这样的窘境...
...的两个塔，特点(Feature)比较一致，优缺点也有一致之处，因此要想对付她们，只有躲开她们的长处，尽力打她们的短处(Shortcoming)，使她们短处的缺点被放大，才有取胜的机会。
...Initiative)不自觉得(Think)(Feel)翻身，很多人并不习惯，目前市场的第二代波浪形B型记忆枕头是有一定(Must)的缺陷(Shortcoming)的，孕妇头疼。刻意把颈椎固定是不对的，首先考虑(Discretion)是枕头的舒适性，听说青海枕头网。
... [aridity;lack water] 生物体缺少水分或水源短缺 [defect;draw back;flaw;shortcoming] 瑕疵;缺点;欠缺;不完美 [miss;absent] 未出席;该到未到 ...
缺点；短处
defect / deficiency / disadvantage / vice / fault
One shortcoming of too much work is that it may cause healthy problems.
过多工作的一个缺点是可能会引起健康问题。
Another shortcoming is that it is not applicable to certain very muscular people such as athletes and bodybuilders, who can also have artificially high BMIs.
另一个缺点是它不适用于一些像运动员和健美运动员这样的肌肉发达的人，他们也可以有人为造成的身体质量指数偏高的情况。
If the book has one major shortcoming, it's that the authors don't spend enough time applying a critical eye to the role of Internet businesses in these sweeping changes.
如果说这本书有一个大的缺点，那就是作者没有下足功夫，以批判的眼光来看待互联网企业在这些重大变革中所扮演的角色。
Despite this huge shortcoming, the Ryan Medicare plan is still superior to the ObamaCare Medicare plan.
One shortcoming appears to be the non-GAAP EPS beat may have been materially helped by lower taxes.
In the past, this shortcoming of traditional territorial defenses proved fatal to U.S. efforts to deploy them.