| 词汇 | short of sth |
| 释义 | short of sthshort of sth 1 without reaching a place you are trying to get to, because you are still a particular distance from it 距某处还差三米/五英里等 The plane touched down 200 metres short of the runway. 这架飞机在距跑道 200 米的地方着陆。 → 3 metres/5 miles etc short of something at short3(8) 2 two weeks, a month etc before something 距某时间不到两星期/一个月等 He died two days short of his fifty-sixth birthday. 他在 56 岁生日前两天去世了。 → two weeks/a month etc short of something at short3(9) 3 IFwithout actually doing something 除非（做）某事 Short of locking her in her room, he couldn’t really stop her from seeing Jack. 他实在没有办法阻止她去见杰克，就差把她锁在房里了。 Examples from the Corpus short of (doing) something• A pair to fit wellies which reach right up to the knee cost a penny short of a fiver.• San Francisco may be running short of characters, but new communities pop up every day.• Apart from Ferkhan, everybody was short of food.• Even in the best of years, Journal news coverage inevitably falls short of perfection.• The company said its earnings would fall short of previous expectations mainly because of lower earnings from its Gulf Printing unit.• Short of selling the house, I don't know how we're going to get that amount of money.• That is nothing short of stupidity.• The House vote fell well short of the 291 required to override a veto. → short of (doing) something at short3(10) |
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