short

adv

1. 突然；唐突地

• He stopped short when seeing her. 看到她，他突然停下来。

2. 简短地；简洁地

• The manager talked short with him. 经理简短地和他交谈了几句。

词组cut sth.(sb.)short 结束(或中断)某事物

• His career was cut short by his illness. 因为疾病他不得不中断自己的事业。

fall short of sth. 未达到(目的)

• His success had fallen short of his hopes. 他的成功并没有他希望的那么大。

go short (of sth.) 缺少；欠缺

• The flowers cannot go short of water. 花儿不能缺水。

run short (of sth.) 已快用完

• Go and buy some sugar otherwise we'll run short of it. 去买一些糖，我们快用完了。

short of sth. 除非

• Short of a miracle, he wouldn't win. 除非出现奇迹，否则他不会赢。