fall short of

英[fɔːlʃɔːtəv] 美[fɔːlʃɔːrtəv]

v. 没有达到；未能满足；缺乏

falange n.长枪党(西班牙佛朗哥时代的法西斯政党)
falangist n.长枪党党员
falasha n.法拉沙人(埃塞俄比亚的犹太人)
falbala n.(女子衣；裙等上的)荷叶边
falcate adj.镰状的；钩状的

Verb:

fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example

1. We should be aware that our imagination has this built-in feature, the blind spot, which makes our predictions fall short of reality.: 我们应该意识到，我们的想象力拥有这个固有的特征，也就是盲点，这使得我们的预测与现实不符。

2. Yet humans often fall short of this ideal.: 然而，人类经常达不到这种完美。

3. Nonetheless, supplies still fall short of the need.: 尽管如此，这些用品仍然供不应求。

4. Even many company directors would fall short of that income bracket.: 即使是很多公司的董事也到不了这个收入档次。

5. Demand would fall short of supply, leaving willing workers on the shelf.: 需求将少于供给，使乐于工作的工人无所事事。

6. Their actions frequently fall short of expectations raised by their words.: 他们的行为经常低于他们的言语带来的预期。

7. And notice how ordinary empirical social arrangements fall short of perfect justice.: 并且意识到普通的现实社会制度，是多么的缺乏完美的正义。

8. Zichen did not answer, because anything she said would fall short of his expectations.: 紫宸没有回答，因为她说出的东西会减少他的期待。

9. She's expected to fall short of Sotomayor's 68-vote haul but surpass Alito's 58 votes.: 她有可能达不到索托马约尔当年的68票，但会超过阿利托所获的58票。

10. Campbell and Goold say: "Synergy initiatives often fall short of management's expectations.": 坎贝尔和古尔德认为：“协同作用往往达不到管理者所期望的结果。”

11. In Scott's opinion mainstream Data Warehousing projects often fall short of user's expectations.: Scott认为，主流的数据仓库项目常常达不到用户的预期。

12. So even though I started training again, I continued to fall short of my five minute mile goal.: 因此，尽管我开始训练了，我一直不能达到5分钟跑一英里的目标。

13. They fall short of the full panoply of skills that would come under the rubric of 'good thinking'.: IQ测试不能反映出进行‘优秀的思考’所需要的全部技能。

14. Resources still fall short of what is needed – the gap worldwide is approximately US$ 2.7 billion a year.: 资源仍然达不到需求 - 每年全世界缺口约为27亿美元。

15. However, such basic shapes fall short of expectations when it comes to some heavy duty vector drawing.: 然而，当需要画一些复杂的矢量图时，这些基础图形就不够用了。

16. All manner of excuses are made for why a married relationship might fall short of filling emotional needs.: 所有的借口被制造出来用于解释为什么一份婚姻关系不能满足情感需求。

17. When we fall short of our goals, we take steps to correct and address the issues in order to ensure compliance.: 未能达到目标时，我们会采取措施更正并处理这些问题确保遵守监管。

18. The car is quiet and efficient, but its handling and quality of finish fall short of most foreign carmakers' models.: 此车安静、节能，但操控和外观质量达不到多数外国汽车制造商的汽车标准。

19. I am sorry and we are responsible for the mistake we will exchange all merchandises that fall short of our sample.: 这次差错完全使我们的责任。非常抱歉。与样品不符合的货物全部无偿调换。

20. Unfortunately, as we lovingly remember this person, our words fall short of the ears that most needed to hear them.: 但不幸的是，当我们深切地去怀念这个人的时候，我们所说的话，已经传不到最需要听这些话的人的耳里了。

21. The debt relief for Greece looks insufficient (and participation by private creditors may also fall short of expectations).: 希腊的债务补助看起来并不够(而且私人债权人的参与可能也未能达到预期的状况)。

22. Web development frameworks often promise to simplify and speed application development, but many fall short of that goal.: Web开发框架常常承诺简化和加快应用程序开发，但是许多框架都没有实现这个目标。

23. One possibility is to tax imported or domestically produced vehicles that fall short of the standard instead of banning them.: 一个可能是对低于标准的进口或国产车加税，而不是禁止。

24. “Without further progress on rebalancing global demand, global growth rates will fall short of potential,” Mr. Geithner wrote.: “没有进一步的全球需求再平衡，全球增长率将完全跌落至潜力线之下”，盖特纳先生写道。

25. Sometimes we think we’re giving 100 percent to a cause and we’ll fall short of the talented tenth needed to obtain what we want.: 有些我们认为已经为之付出百分百热血的事情会因为没有意识到这第十点而无法获得我们真正想要的。

26. So if the cash flows fall short of the interest payments, they need to be restructured — at a big cost to the investors who own them.: 因此一旦现金流不及利息支出所需，这些证券就面临重组——而持有这些债券的投资者将付出高昂代价。

27. So if the cash flows fall short of the interest payments, they need to be restructured — at a big cost to the investors who own them.: 因此一旦现金流不及利息支出所需，这些证券就面临重组——而持有这些债券的投资者将付出高昂代价。

用作动词 (v.)

Your work falls short of my expectations.
你的工作未达到我的期望。
His behaviour falls short of accepted standards.
他的行为没达到公认的标准。

fall short of sb's expectations 辜负期望
fall short of the mark 不合格
fall short of someone's expectations 辜负某人的期望,没达...

【反义词】

satisfy 使满意

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