khủng hoảng thiếu

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Shortage crisis: A severe economic crisis caused by a significant failure of production to meet the basic demands of society, leading to sharply rising prices and a high cost of living. It is a type of crisis characterized by a critical lack of essential goods and services.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nền kinh tế đối mặt với một cuộc khủng hoảng thiếu nghiêm trọng. (The economy faces a severe shortage crisis.)
  • Khủng hoảng thiếu nhiên liệu đã khiến giá cả tăng vọt. (The fuel shortage crisis caused prices to skyrocket.)
  • Thời kỳ đó được đánh dấu bằng khủng hoảng thiếu lương thực. (That period was marked by a food shortage crisis.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in economic and historical contexts to describe systemic failures in supply chains or production, rather than temporary or minor shortages. It implies a broad, societal-level problem.

Variants and Related Words

• Khủng hoảng (n): crisis. The root word for any general crisis.
  • khủng hoảng kinh tế (economic crisis)
  • khủng hoảng tài chính (financial crisis)
• Khủng hoảng thừa (n): glut crisis; crisis of overproduction. This is the conceptual opposite, describing a crisis caused by producing more than the market can consume.

Synonyms

• Supply crisis: A crisis stemming from a failure in the supply of goods.
• Crisis of scarcity: A crisis defined by a severe lack of resources.

Related Concepts

• Lạm phát (n): inflation. A key consequence of a .
• Thiếu hụt (n): shortage, deficit. A less severe state than a full-blown .