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| | +of: without reaching a particular place or position 未达目的地 | The plane came down just short of the runway. 飞机没有落在跑道上。 | | You should aim a few inches short (=in front) of your target. 你应该瞄准目标前方几英寸的地方。 | |
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| - | be caught short informal
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| 1 | BRITISH to feel an urgent need to go to the toilet 突然想解手；内急 |
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| 2 | AMERICAN to have less money than you need in a particular situation 钱不够 |
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| - | cut sb short informal
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| to interrupt someone while they are speaking |
| 打断某人（的讲话） |
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| - | cut sth short
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| to end something before it is completely finished |
| 打断（或提前结束、中止）某事物 |
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| We cut our holiday short because Rachel fell ill. 由于雷切尔病倒，我们提前结束了假期。 |
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| - | fallshort of sth
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| to fail to reach your aim or fail to reach a particular level |
| 未达到某事物 |
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| Our fundraising efforts fell short of the £10,000 we needed. 我们的筹款活动没有筹到所需的10000英镑。 |
| The group’ s professionalism fell far short of what I had expected. 该小组的专业水平远远没有达到我的期望。 |
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| - | go short (of sth) BRITISH
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| to have less than you need of something such as food , clothing , or shelter |
| 缺少（食物、衣物、住处等） |
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| As long as I have a job my children will never go short. 只要我还有份工作，我的孩子就绝对不会缺衣少食。 |
| They were very poor and often went short of food. 他们很贫穷，经常饿肚子。 |
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| - | nothing/little short of sth
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| used for saying how extreme a situation is |
| 简直就是某物 |
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| The whole evening was little short of a complete disaster. 整个晚上简直就是一场灾难。 |
| nothing short of a miracle Nothing short of a miracle can save us now. 如今我们要获救只能靠出现奇迹。 |
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| - | pull/bring sb up short BRITISH
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| to cause someone to suddenly stop what they are doing |
| 使某人突然停止 |
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| He was pulled up short by the sight of a man lying unconscious. 看到一个人不省人事地躺在地上，他马上停了下来。 |
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| - | runshort (of sth)
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| used for saying that you have used almost all of a particular thing and there is not much left |
| 快用完（某物） |
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| Supplies were running short as winter came on. 冬季来临时，补给品快用完了。 |
| The party had just begun and we were already running short of beer. 聚会才刚刚开始，我们的啤酒就快喝完了。 |
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| - | short of sth
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| except for or unless |
| 除了…；除非… |
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| I don’ t see any answer, short of selling the house. 除了卖房子之外，我想不出任何解决办法。 |
| Short of winning the lottery, I don’ t know how we’ ll pay for this. 我不知道我们怎样才能买下这个，除非能中彩票。 |
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