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

• 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。
• If the car owners happen to run short of this backup coolant, they will need to add more coolant until it reaches the maximum limit indicator.
  如果车主碰巧跑达不到这个备份冷却，他们将需要增加更多的冷却直至达到最大限度的指示器。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Did he run short distances or long distances?
  他跑短跑还是长跑？
• Yet the IMF could soon run short of firepower.
  然而，该组织可能很快就会缺少火力。
• 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。
• 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。
• In those days ships were sometimes so delayed by contrary wind as to run short of fresh water and provisions.
  当时船因遇到逆风而迟误，以至发生淡水和粮食不足的现象。