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

• 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。
• We've run short of oil.
  我们已快把油用完了。
• I am sorry we have run short loose-leaf notebook.
  对不起，活页簿已售完了。
• 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。
• Yet the IMF could soon run short of firepower.
  然而，该组织可能很快就会缺少火力。
• 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。
• 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。
• Airports and ports often run short of warehouse space.
  机场和港口的仓储能力常常不足。
• 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。