1. in short supply : 供应不足；
1. in short supply : 供应不足；
及物动词
1. That company supplies paper to the printers.
那家公司向印刷商提供纸张。
2. We supply power to the three nearby towns.
我们对附近的三个城镇提供电力。
名词
1. supply
1. Our supplies for this month are in the cupboard.
我们这个月的生活用品在橱子里。
2. We have new supplies of fur coats.
我们有新进货的皮大衣。
3. My father has cut off the supplies.
父亲停止给我生活费了。
缺货
B：Were you able to quote on all the items we need ?
我们需要的每个项目你都能报价吗。
supply的解释
A：No, not all of them .
不，没办法全部。
B：Oh ?why not ?
哦，为什么？
supply是什么意思
A：We aren‘t able to supply the third ad fifth items .
第三及第五项目，我们没有货供应。
3. supply：sup; 电源，供电
1. 供给;供应;提供
If you supply someone with something that they want or need, you give them a quantity of it.
e.g. ...an agreement not to produce or supply chemical weapons.
不生产或供应化学武器的协议
e.g. ...a pipeline which will supply the major Greek cities with Russian natural gas.
从俄罗斯向希腊主要城市输送天然气的管道
2. (尤指大量的)补给，补给品，日用物资
You can use supplies to refer to food, equipment, and other essential things that people need, especially when these are provided in large quantities.
e.g. What happens when food and gasoline supplies run low?...
如果食物和汽油供应减少，会出现什么情况呢？
e.g. The country's only supplies are those it can import by lorry from Vietnam.
这个国家仅有的补给品是用卡车从越南进口来的。
3. 供应量;供给量;储备
A supply of something is an amount of it which someone has or which is available for them to use.
e.g. The brain requires a constant supply of oxygen...
大脑需要持续供氧。
e.g. Most urban water supplies in the United States now contain fluoride in varying amounts.
现在美国大部分城市供水中都存在含量不一的氟化物。
4. (商品、服务的)供应量，供给量
Supply is the quantity of goods and services that can be made available for people to buy.
e.g. Prices change according to supply and demand.
价格受供求关系的影响。
5. 补充;填充
If you supply a missing word or piece of information, for example in a puzzle, you say or write it because you know it.
e.g. Supply the missing word(s) and you could win a T-shirt.
填出所缺少的单词，你就会赢得一件T恤。
6. 供应不足
If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain.
supply的近义词
e.g. Food is in short supply all over the country...
全国普遍食品供应不足。
e.g. Nowadays that sort of innocence is in short supply.
现在那种天真烂漫很少见。