- 1. The country is running short of hard currency to pay for imports.
- 该国目前缺乏硬通货来支付进口货物。
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- 2. It is required by law to shut down banks which it regards as chronically short of capital.
- 法律规定要关闭资金长期短缺的银行。
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- 3. Many other cities are short of barrier free facilities as well.
- 许多其他城市也缺乏无障碍设施。
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- 4. This country is short of natural resources but rich in human resources.
- 这个国家缺乏自然资源，却有着丰富的人力资源。
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- 5. I'm short of cash right now.
- 我眼下正缺钱。
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- 6. He was 76 votes short of the quota.
- 他比规定当选票数少了76票。
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- 7. We've run short of milk.
- 我们牛奶不够了。
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- 8. She felt short of breath and flushed.
- 她感到气短,脸也红了。
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- 9. I'd never let you go short of anything.
- 我什么都不会让你缺的。
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- 10. Short of a miracle, we're certain to lose.
- 除非发生奇迹，否则我们输定了。
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- 11. The hotel fell far short of their expectations.
- 旅馆远没有他们预期的那么好。
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- 12. The numbers attending fell short of expectations.
- 出席的人数比预期的要少。
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- 13. He stopped a hundred yards short of the building.
- 他停在离那座建筑还有100码远的地方。
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- 14. She is not short of excuses when things go wrong.
- 事情出了差错，她老有借口。
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- 15. She stopped short of calling the president a liar.
- 她差一点儿没指责校长说谎。
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- 16. Her father's illness left the family short of money.
- 他父亲的病使得全家缺钱。
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- 17. Last year's figures were little short of disastrous.
- 去年的数字简直是灾难。
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- 18. She was just short of her 90th birthday when she died.
- 她去世时就快过90岁生日了。
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- 19. The transformation has been nothing short of a miracle.
- 这种变化堪称奇迹。
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- 20. The family was short of even the bare necessities of life.
- 那家人甚至没有最起码的生活所需。
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- 21. 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？
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- 22. They are always short of water to drink, much less to bathe in.
- 他们总是缺饮用水，更不用说洗澡水了。
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- 23. 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。
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- 24. 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。
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- 25. Short of gagging the children, there was not much she could do about the noise.
- 除了不让孩子们说话之外，她对那噪音无能为力。
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- 26. With a difficult tee shot, select a club which will keep you short of the trouble.
- 开球难度较大时，选择一根用起来能不给你添乱的高尔夫球杆。
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- 27. Her political consciousness sprang from her upbringing when her father's illness left the family short of money.
- 她的政治觉悟源于她的成长背景，当时她父亲的病让家里缺钱。
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- 28. We are short of candles.
- 我们缺蜡烛。
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- 29. "My friend Ginny is always short of cash," she says.
- “我的朋友金妮总是缺钱。”她说。
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- 30. At Christmas, most shops are short of hands, so you may find something to do there.
- 圣诞节时，大多数商店都缺人手，所以你可以在那里找些事情做。
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- The country is short of known deposits of coal.
这个国家缺少已知的煤矿矿床。
- Lack of education was a liability in getting a job.
缺少教育对找工作不利。
- As the bishop was rather short of stature, he could not reach it.
主教的身材矮小，达不到。
- I should never correspond to your pattern of a lady.
你为小姐们制定的规格我永远达不到。
- Dick seldom talks of anything but music.
狄克很少谈及音乐以外的事情。
- They bagged nothing except a couple of rabbits.
他们除猎到两只兔子以外，一无所获。
