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A shortcoming is a fault or a weak point that keeps a person, a plan, or a thing from being as good as it should be. It is not a crime, and it is not usually a tiny slip like one wrong letter. Careful talk likes this word: “The idea is strong, but it has one shortcoming.” Reports and reviews use it; friends in the street more often just say a weakness or a problem. You will hear the plural a lot — shortcomings — because we rarely stop at one. Though actually, calling something a shortcoming already it a little. It says “this does not reach far enough,” not “this person meant harm.”
缺點、不足之處
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
shortcomingnoun/ˈʃɔːtˌkʌmɪŋ/
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A deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal.
- They were behind twice, first to James Morrison's 11th-minute strike and then Kenny Miller's effort early in the second half. England responded with goals of their own from Theo Walcott and Daniel Welbeck and, on the balance of play, probably deserved the victory. On the flip-side, they could conceivably have lost because of their various shortcomings in defence. They also have a goalkeeper, Joe Hart, who is a danger to his own team on nights like these.
- In truth, I suspect it will take more than the first term of a Labour government to address the shortcomings of the railway system in the North.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。