| 短语 | short of |
| 释义 | short of less than 少于; 不足： he died at sixty-one, four years short of his pensionable age. 他61岁去世, 离他领养老金还差4年。 ■ not reaching as far as 未达到： a rocket failure left a satellite tumbling in an orbit far short of its proper position. 火箭故障导致一颗卫星在远离正常位置的轨道上翻滚。 ■ without going so far as (some extreme action) 除（某种极端行为）以外： short of putting out an all-persons alert, there's little else we can do. 除了发布让所有的人都处于戒备状态的命令以外, 我们别无选择。 short of1. not having enough 不足；缺少 * We did not buy anything because we were short of money. 我们因为缺钱，就什么也没买。 * I must stop a bit. I'm short of breath. 我得歇一歇，我喘不过气来了。2. away from 远离…；距离 * The day's drive still left us a hun dred miles short of the ocean. 车跑了一天，我们离海边还有一百英里。 |
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