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🔑shortshort1 /ʃɔrt / adjective - not measuring much from one end to the other短的◆a short line短线◆a short distance短距离◆This essay is pretty short.这篇文章很短。◆short hair短发 OPP long
- less than the average height矮的◆a short, fat man矮胖的男子 OPP tall
- not lasting a long time短暂的；短期的◆a short visit短期访问◆She left a short time ago.她刚刚离开。◆to have a short memory (= to only remember things that happened recently) 记性差
- short (of / on sth) not having enough of what is needed不足的；短缺的；缺少的◆Because of illness, the team is two players short.由于有队员生病，该队还缺两名队员。◆Good managers are in short supply (= there are not enough of them).优秀的经理人供不应求。◆We're a little short of money right now.我们眼下手头有些紧。
- short (with sb) (used about a person) speaking in an impatient and angry way to someone（人）说话不耐烦的，言语简慢的◆I'm sorry I was short with you earlier – I had other things on my mind.对不起，我刚才对你说话很不客气，当时我正想着别的事儿。
 ●be short for sthto be used as a shorter way of saying something是…的简称◆“Bill” is short for “William.”Bill 是 William 的简称。●for shortas a short form简称；简写◆Her name is Diana, but we call her “Di” for short.她名叫黛安娜，但我们都简称她黛。●get the short end of the stick (informal) to be treated unfairly, or to be forced to do something that no one else wants to do受到不公平待遇；被迫做苦差●in the long / short termover a long / short period of time in the future从长期／短期来看◆We're aiming at an increase of 20% in the long term.从长远来看，我们力求能有 20% 的增长。 ➡ look at long-term, short-term
shortshort2 /ʃɔrt / adverb suddenly突然◆She stopped short when she saw the accident.一看到出了事故，她骤然停了下来。●fall short (of sth)not to be enough; not to reach something缺少；达不到◆The raise fell short of the union's demands.加薪幅度低于工会的要求。●run short (of sth)to have used up most of something so there is not much left几乎用尽◆We're running short of coffee.我们的咖啡所剩不多了。●short of sthexcept for除了；除…之外◆He's tried to make money by every means, short of stealing it.他千方百计去赚钱，就差去偷了。●stop short of sth / doing sthto almost do something, but then decide not to do it at the last minute差点儿做某事；险些做某事◆They made several indirect comments, but they stopped short of calling her a thief.他们婉转地评论了几句，但差点儿说她是个贼。
shortshort3 /ʃɔrt / noun [countable] (informal) = short circuit ➡ look at shorts●in shortin a few words; briefly简言之；总之◆Einstein had one of the greatest minds the world has ever known: in short, he was a genius.爱因斯坦拥有人们所知道的世界上最聪明的头脑之一，简而言之，他是个天才。 |