| 词汇 | short of |
| 释义 | short of 主要翻译 short of [sth] expr (other than)除…外Short of a raid on the cookie jar, we won't have a snack.除了“突袭”饼干罐外，为了零食我们别无他法。 short of doing [sth] expr (other than do [sth])除做…外Short of replacing the whole engine, there is nothing you can do to solve the problem.要想解决这个问题，除了换掉整个引擎外别无他法。 be short of [sth] v expr (lacking)不足，短缺；未达到，少于I need to go shopping: we're short of bread and milk.我需要去采购了，面包和牛奶都不够了。 复合形式： the long and short of it is, the long and the short of it is that expr informal (in summary)长话短说；简而言之The long and short of it is that I'm pregnant. nothing less than [sth], nothing short of [sth] expr (with noun: only)只有Nothing short of a full apology will mollify him. nothing less than [sth], nothing short of [sth] expr (with adjective: utterly)十足，简直His behaviour was nothing short of rude. short of breath adj (having difficulty breathing)呼吸短促；气短 stop short of [sth] v expr informal (not become)没有成为；未变成The SARS epidemic stopped short of a global pandemic. stop short of doing [sth] v expr informal (not do)不做某事I was furious with her, but I stopped short of saying something I'd regret. |
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