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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

  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • Yet the IMF could soon run short of firepower.
    然而,该组织可能很快就会缺少火力。
  • Meanwhile, bankers have discovered that "capital efficiency" can create risks: if banks cannot sell bonds to investors and are forced to hold these on their balance sheet instead, they may run short of capital.
    与此同时,银行家发现,“资本效率”会带来风险:如果银行无法将债券销售给投资者,不得不把这些债券留在它们的资产负债表上,它们可能出现资金短绌。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • Go and get some more oil so we don't run short.
    去多弄些油来以免到时候用光了。