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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The destroying process of Nature is not recognized by people for the land is broad and natural source is not yet run short.
  自然在一点点被破坏，只是地太广资源尚不奇缺，人们还没意识到。
• The empirical results show that most of the provinces run short of R& D efficiency in the high-tech industry, while there exist distinct differences among them.
  实证结果表明，我国高新技术产业研发效率整体水平偏低，各地差异显著，且大多数省份都呈现规模报酬递减；
• Yet the IMF could soon run short of firepower.
  然而，该组织可能很快就会缺少火力。
• 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。
• 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。
• But if they are too soft, their own companies may run short.
  但如果心太软的话，他们自己的公司也许会出现资金短缺。