bottleneck

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bot·tle·neck /ˈbɒtlnek $ ˈbɑː-/ noun [countableC]

1. TTRa place in a road where the traffic cannot pass easily, so that there are a lot of delays 瓶颈路段，交通阻塞点，狭窄路段

2 DELAYa delay in one stage of a process that makes the whole process take longer 〔妨碍工作进度的〕瓶颈，障碍

Understaffing has caused a real bottleneck.

人手不足严重妨碍了整个进度。

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bottleneck• There's always going to be a bottleneck because only two people review all the applications.• Computer buffs call this a bottleneck.• This generated bottlenecks which in turn led to a fall in industrial production.• If we don't hire more people in production we're going to have a huge bottleneck in a few months.• These, or a hundred other weaknesses or incompatibilities in computer systems, create information bottlenecks at crucial times.• Internet bottlenecks and overloaded servers at popular Web sites can still create substantial delays.• He pointed out that the client/server bottleneck is caused by the development time.• They discovered that bottleneck after bottleneck arose from extreme specialization within the department.• One of the bottlenecks for PGPis key management.• Automatic packing machines should get rid of the bottlenecks in the process.

From Longman Business Dictionary

bottleneckbot·tle·neck /ˈbɒtlnekˈbɑː-/ noun [countableC]

a delay in one stage of a process that makes the whole process slower and more difficult

He said the company would not be vulnerable to production bottlenecks because it has 10 subcontractors in the Far East where it does all its manufacturing.

bot·tle·neck noun

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