| 单词 | be nothing short of something |
| 释义 | be nothing short of somethingbe nothing short of something 1 → be nothing less than something 2 VERYused to emphasize that something is very good, very surprising etc 毫不逊于…，简 直就是…〔用于强调〕 Her recovery seemed nothing short of a miracle. 她的康复简直是个奇迹。 The results are little short of astonishing. 结果太令人惊讶了。 Examples from the Corpus be nothing/little short of something• What they envision is nothing short of a new corporate structure, in which accounting and other functions are outsourced.• This is nothing short of a scandal.• The 18 tracks of the new record are so dizzyingly dexterous, the live show should be nothing short of amazing.• The quality of sound via these outputs is nothing short of amazing.• The result is nothing short of brilliant and has met with raves in all the glossy industry mags.• The city hopes to attract around 3.5 million visitors annually, but last year's figures were little short of disastrous.• First, I would strongly advise other CEOs to follow our experience because the results stood to be nothing short of spectacular.• It is little short of tragic that she has been cut off, while still at the peak of her singing power. → be nothing/little short of something at short1(10) |
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