run short
英 [rʌn ʃɔːt]
美 [rʌn ʃɔːrt]
网络 用完; 缺少; 短缺; 不足
英英释义
verb
- to be spent or finished
- The money had gone after a few days
- Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Airports and ports often run short of warehouse space.
机场和港口的仓储能力常常不足。 - 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。 - 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。 - Super crops won't be enough& the planet will run short of food by2030 unless we invest to avoid an imminent world water crisis, says Colin Chartres.
ColinChartres说，只有超级作物并不够&到2030年地球将缺乏粮食，除非我们投入资金以避免巨大的世界水危机。