short of的用法和樣例：
例句
- The country is short of known deposits of coal.
這個國家缺少已知的煤礦礦床。 - Lack of education was a liability in getting a job.
缺少教育對找工作不利。 - As the bishop was rather short of stature, he could not reach it.
主教的身材矮小，達不到。 - I should never correspond to your pattern of a lady.
你為小姐們制定的規格我永遠達不到。 - Dick seldom talks of anything but music.
狄克很少談及音樂以外的事情。 - They bagged nothing except a couple of rabbits.
他們除獵到兩只兔子以外，一無所獲。
詞匯搭配
- nothing short of 簡直是(完全是...
- make short work of 迅速干完
- fall short of someone's expectations 辜負某人的期望,沒達...
- the long and the short of it 概括的意思
- short of hands 缺少人手
- stop short of 未到達(缺乏...
- fall short of the mark 不合格
- be little short of 幾乎是(近于)...
- fall short of 沒有達到
- short of breath 呼吸短促(喘氣)...
- fly short of 未達到應有的水平...
- make short shrift of 很快解決
- the short end of the stick 不公平的待遇(最壞的...
- stop short of doing something 對(做)某事有所顧忌...
- come short of 缺乏
- fall short of sb's expectations 辜負期望
- make short of long 長話短說
