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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

  • All this in a new country where there is no mum to do your washing, nor a kindly and sympathetic relative to help you out when you run short of money.
    而且还是在一个陌生的国度,没有母亲帮你洗衣服,缺钱花的时候也没有和善的亲戚帮你度过难关。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • I am sorry we have run short loose-leaf notebook.
    对不起,活页簿已售完了。
  • Did he run short distances or long distances?
    他跑短跑还是长跑?
  • 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。
  • We've run short of oil.
    我们已快把油用完了。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。