short of

Both services are perennially short of staff.

两个机构一直都是人手不够。

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.

They were still 91 short of their target.

他们离目标还差91。

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 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.

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.

Inflation is just short of 11 per cent.

通货膨胀接近11％。

He stopped a hundred yards short of the building.

他在离大楼100码处停下了。

Most of the ships were woefully short of ammunition.

大多数舰船弹药极度匮乏。

The results are nothing short of magnificent.

结果非常不错。

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。

She was a bit short of the readies.

她手头现金有点儿紧张。

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。

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

在公司倒闭后，他手头缺少现金。