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.
智利油气资源很少，面临能量短缺，特别是如果它的经济继续保持6%的年增长率的话。
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.
巴西面临着邻国阿根廷经济动荡和国内能源短缺的双重危机，而卫生纸生产商们也开始偷工减料。
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.
对许多国家而言，核能仍是应对全球能源短缺和气候变化的重要选择之一，但发展核能必须以确保安全为前提。
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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.
能源短缺已是现代社会面临的一个重大问题，为了寻求替代能源，人们做了不懈的努力。
资源短缺