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run short

英 [rʌn ʃɔːt]

美 [rʌn ʃɔːrt]

网络  用完; 缺少; 短缺; 不足

经济

英英释义

verb

  • to be spent or finished
    1. The money had gone after a few days
    2. Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest
    Synonym:run lowgo

双语例句

  • It seems that people are always in a hurry now, though we do have more convenience. Still, we run short of time to stand and stare, to speak and share.
    虽然现在我们的生活确实越来越方便了,但人们似乎总是很忙,依然缺少时间停下来对视、交谈与分享。
  • For example, we can invent cars that: can save fuel or use other types of energy so that cars can still 'be used even though resources run short.
    例如,我们可以发明节油或者消耗其他燃料的车,即使能源紧缺依然可以使用。
  • Food and water have run short, Mr Edano said, and keeping the area supplied an operation carried out largely by military personnel is diverting resources from emergency efforts elsewhere.
    枝野幸男说,这一地区内食物和水的供给正变得日益紧张,并且向居民们发放这些供给主要由军事人员执行占用了其它地区的一些抢修资源。
  • I am sorry we have run short loose-leaf notebook.
    对不起,活页簿已售完了。
  • The French strikes are causing serious disruption to the economy, with a threat that the country could soon run short of petrol.
    法国罢工对经济造成了严重干扰,甚至可能很快就会让经济陷入停滞。
  • They are afraid that the world will soon run out of oil and run short of food.
    他们担心人类不久会用完石油、发生食品短缺!但有些人则持乐观的看法。
  • People are immersed in more and more profuse data, but run short of knowledge.
    人们陷入了数据越来越丰富但知识越来越缺乏的困境。
  • This is the happy challenge faced by the Asian Development Bank, which will run short of customers as one country after another reaches middle-income status.
    这正是亚洲开发银行(AsianDevelopmentBank)面临的可喜挑战。随着一个又一个国家相继达到中等收入水平,亚行将面临客户短缺的问题。
  • At that burn rate, GM could effectively run short of cash next summer, without even taking into account further sales declines.
    按照这个消耗速度,通用汽车明年夏季就会出现现金短缺,这还没有考虑未来销量进一步下降的因素。
  • No learner has ever run short of subjects to explore.
    爱学习的人从来不会觉得缺乏研究的课题。