short of

Her hair was cut short at the nape of her neck.

她脖子后面的头发剪得很短。

They were still 91 short of their target.

他们离目标还差91。

Inflation is just short of 11 per cent.

通货膨胀接近11％。

I'm short of funds at the moment ─ can I pay you back next week?

我目前缺钱，下周还你行吗？

I'd never let you go short of anything.

我什么都不会让你缺的。

Her last throw was only three centimetres short of the world record.

她的最后一掷距世界纪录只差三厘米。

I must render down this fat; we are short of lard.

我得把这块肥肉熬成油, 我们正缺猪油.

Mothers regularly go short of food to ensure their children have enough.

为了保证自己的孩子吃饱饭，做母亲的经常忍饥挨饿。

She was a bit short of the readies.

她手头现金有点儿紧张。

The hotel fell far short of their expectations.

旅馆远没有他们预期的那么好。

The resolution stopped short of an outright declaration of independence.

这项决议几乎成为公开的独立宣言。

Both services are perennially short of staff.

两个机构一直都是人手不够。

A short flight of steps led up to the door.

上几磴台阶就到了门口。

The transformation has been nothing short of a miracle.

这种变化堪称奇迹。

The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers.

英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境.

He stopped a hundred yards short of the building.

他在离大楼100码处停下了。

He will do anything short of murder to achieve his ends.

为了达到目的,他除了谋杀什么都会干.

She is not short of excuses when things go wrong.

事情出了差错，她老有借口。

He was short of cash after the collapse of his business.

在公司倒闭后，他手头缺少现金。

The results are nothing short of magnificent.

结果非常不错。

The government is running short of hard currency to pay for imports.

政府目前缺少可以支付进口产品的硬通货。

They had run short of fuel.

他们燃料不够用了。

Short of a miracle, we're certain to lose.

除非发生奇迹，否则我们输定了。

We've run short of milk.

我们牛奶不够了。

I'm short of cash right now.

我眼下正缺钱。

She felt short of breath and flushed.

她感到呼吸困难，脸颊绯红。

The hotel he recommended fell far short of our expectations.

他推荐的饭店与我们心目中的相去甚远.

Last year's figures were little short of disastrous.

去年的数字简直是灾难。

His last visit to Washington was little short of a fiasco.

他最近对华盛顿的访问几乎是一场惨败。

Most of the ships were woefully short of ammunition.

大多数舰船弹药极度匮乏。