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run short

英 [rʌn ʃɔːt]

美 [rʌn ʃɔːrt]

网络  用完; 缺少; 短缺; 不足

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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

  • Even those European countries that are taking part began to run short of munitions, just 11 weeks into the fighting forcing an exasperated America to step into the breach.
    即使是那些参战的欧洲国家,也在战斗打响仅仅11周之后就开始耗尽弹药,迫使被激怒的美国挺身而出。
  • The rising industries in material production, and particularly the burgeoning industries in nonmaterial production, often run short of workforce.
    在新兴的物质生产部门中,尤其是在日益发展的非物质生产部门中,劳动力则往往是不足的。
  • I am sorry we have run short loose-leaf notebook.
    对不起,活页簿已售完了。
  • 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。
  • Did he run short distances or long distances?
    他跑短跑还是长跑?
  • They argue that this is only fair as deficit countries always face the threat that they might run short of willing financiers, but countries running trade surpluses face no similar threats.
    它们辩称,由于逆差国总是面临愿意借钱给它们的债权国可能不够的威胁,而贸易顺差国却不存在此类风险,因此这样才最公平。
  • When vital supplies of food or oil run short, two things happen-prices rise as do tensions about who gets what.
    当粮食和石油短缺,有两个情况会发生&价格攀升和因争取资源而产生的磨擦。
  • Suddenly, a week from the fatal day, Carrie realised that they were going to run short.
    在那个不幸的付房租的日子前一个星期,嘉莉突然发现钱快用完了。
  • 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。
  • 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。