1、She feltshort of breath and flushed.(她感到气短,脸也红了。)
2、Her last throw was only three centimetresshort of the world record.(她的最后一掷距世界纪录只差三厘米。)
3、With a difficult tee shot, select a club which will keep youshort 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。)
4、Her father's illness left the familyshort of money.(他父亲的病使得全家缺钱。)
5、Last year's figures were littleshort of disastrous.(去年的数字简直是灾难。)
6、She stoppedshort of calling the president a liar.(她差一点儿没指责校长说谎。)
7、I'd never let you goshort of anything.(我什么都不会让你缺的。)
8、We areshort of candles.(我们缺蜡烛。)
9、The family wasshort of even the bare necessities of life.(那家人甚至没有最起码的生活所需。)
10、He stopped a hundred yardsshort of the building.(他停在离那座建筑还有100码远的地方。)
11、We've runshort of milk.(我们牛奶不够了。)
12、I'mshort of funds at the moment—can I pay you back next week?(我目前缺钱，下周还你行吗？)
13、It is required by law to shut down banks which it regards as chronicallyshort of capital.(法律规定要关闭资金长期短缺的银行。)
14、The country is runningshort of hard currency to pay for imports.(该国目前缺乏硬通货来支付进口货物。)
15、He stoppedshort of explicitly criticizing the government.(他险些就直言不讳地批评政府了。)
16、She was justshort of her 90th birthday when she died.(她去世时就快过90岁生日了。)
17、She is notshort of excuses when things go wrong.(事情出了差错，她老有借口。)
18、short of a miracle, we're certain to lose.(除非发生奇迹，否则我们输定了。)
19、I'mshort of cash right now.(我眼下正缺钱。)
20、They are alwaysshort 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。)
21、Many other cities areshort of barrier free facilities as well.(许多其他城市也缺乏无障碍设施。)
22、The hotel fell farshort of their expectations.(旅馆远没有他们预期的那么好。)
23、The transformation has been nothingshort of a miracle.(这种变化堪称奇迹。)
24、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。)
25、Mothers regularly goshort 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。)
26、The numbers attending fellshort of expectations.(出席的人数比预期的要少。)
27、This country isshort 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。)
28、He was 76 votesshort of the quota.(他比规定当选票数少了76票。)
29、Government forces are runningshort of ammunition and fuel.(政府军正缺少弹药和燃料。)
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