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
- 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。 - 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。 - Yet the IMF could soon run short of firepower.
然而，该组织可能很快就会缺少火力。 - I am sorry we have run short loose-leaf notebook.
对不起，活页簿已售完了。 - 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。 - 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。 - The nervousness about Chinese energy demand was exacerbated yesterday when officials said 32 power plants had been forced to close because of coal shortages, the second time this year the power industry has run short of coal.
市场对中国能源需求的紧张昨日有所加剧。中国官员称，由于煤炭短缺，32家电厂被迫停产。这是中国电力行业今年第二次遭遇煤炭短缺。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。