shortness

shortness

1. Short pleasure, long lament.

[谚]痛快一时，痛苦一世。

2. A short horse is soon curried.

[谚]矮马容易刷洗; 小事易办。

3. Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.

[谚]话若投机嫌日短。

4. A grownup man can't change from short to tall in height.

一个成年人不能在身高上由矮变高。

5. A good typist can finish typing the long article in a short while.

一位好打字员可在短短时间内完成这一长长的文章。

6. We had to set out on short notice.

一接到通知，我们就出发了。

7. After a short burst of enthusiasm, she relapsed into her usual apathy.

一阵热情爆发之后，他又回复到往常一样的冷漠了。

8. The last time I went to that pub I was given short measure.

上次我去那家酒吧，喝的酒分量不足。

9. She stepped short from the boat, and fell into the river.

下船时，她步子迈得太小，掉到河里了。

10. However short the journey is, you always get something to eat on this airline.

不管航程多麽短，这一班机上都有些吃的。

11. Don't connect up the two wires, or there will be a short circuit.

不要把这两条电线接在一起，否则会短路的。

12. Nothing short of this could mend the case.

不这样就不能挽回局面。

13. I wrote a book of short biographies as a pot boiler while waiting to begin work on my next novel.

为了赚钱我写了一本短篇传记集，与此同时，我期待着开始写下一部小说。

14. Henry's note to his father was short and sweet.

亨利写给父亲的信简明扼要。

15. It is possible to live for several weeks without food, but only for a short time without water.

人不吃东西可以活上几个星期，而没有水则只能活很短的时间。

16. It is but a few short years from diaper to dignity and from dignity to decomposition.

从尿布到尊严、又从尊严到解体，只不过是短短的一段岁月而已。

17. In the short term, the medicine may not be very effective.

从眼前来看，这药可能疗效不是很大。

18. It's a short walk from there.

从那里走一小段路就到了。

19. He took careful aim, but his shot fell short.

他仔细瞄准，但子弹没射中目标。

20. Their food is running short.

他们的食物不够了。

21. They are short of food and clothes.

他们缺吃少穿。

22. They managed to cover quite a lot of ground in a short programme.

他们设法在一个短小的节目中包罗了多方面的内容。

23. He often carries the short fuse in his pocket and joke about it afterwards.

他动不动就发火，可是过后又把它当笑话说。

24. He's only away for short periods a week at the longest.

他只是短期外出--至多一周。

25. He stopped short when he heard his name called.

他听到有人叫他，就突然停了下来。

26. He rounded off his short speech by thanking everyone who had assisted him.

他对帮助过他的每个人表示了谢意，以此结束了他简短的讲话。

27. He shot an arrow, but it fell short of the target.

他射了一箭，但没有射中靶。

28. He finished his work in short order.

他快速而顺利地完成了工作。

29. He was jolted out of his lethargy and into action when he realized he had only a short time to finish the article.

他意识到须在很短时间就得把文章写完，立即动手写起来。

30. He intends to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food.

他打算每两小时休息一会儿。她将喝一点东西，但不吃任何固体的食物。

31. He has two short articles almost ready for publication; they just need to be touched up.

他有两篇差不多可以发表的短文，它们只需稍加润色即可。

32. He had a lot to explain, and no time for more than a short meeting. Thus a lengthy briefing had to be telescoped into half an hour.

他有许多要说明的，但又没时间开长会，所以只好把一份长汇报削短成半小时的简介。

33. He ran down towards the main road, stopped short when he saw the police car and doubled back up the alley.

他朝大路跑去，见到警车时立即停了下来，然后折身转回胡同里去了。

34. He planned to finish the writing assignment that evening but he has come short.

他本来计划当晚完成写作任务，但是没能成功。

35. His hair has been cut short.

他的头发已剪短了。

36. His achievements had fallen short of his hopes.

他的成就没有达到他期望的那么大。

37. His first shot, which fell short, sent up a spurt of earth.

他的第一枪没打中，扬起一股尘土。

38. His behaviour falls short of accepted standards.

他的行为没达到公认的标准。

39. All his observations were short and to the point.

他的观察报告都很简单扼要。

40. He broke short the conversation.

他突然停止了谈话。

41. He prefaced the diaries with a short account of how they were discovered.

他给这本日记写了序言，简述日记发现的经过。

42. He is famous for his nasty temper.He has a very short fuse.

他脾气坏是出了名的。他很容易激动。

43. He can be ruthless in getting what he wants, but I believe he would stop short of blackmail.

他这个人为达到目的是心黑手辣的,但我认为他还不至于使用敲诈手段。

44. After a short rest, they took up their knapsacks and went on.

休息了一会儿之后，他们又背起背包上路了。

45. But what in case there is short weight or disqualification?

但如果短重或是质量不合格怎么办？

46. But the tractors still fall far short of our actual needs.

但拖拉机仍远远跟不上实际需要。

47. It doesn't suit you to have your hair cut short.

你不适合剪短发。

48. Your work falls short of my expectations.

你的工作未达到我的期望。

49. It's not proper for you to catch him up very short.

你突然打断他的话是不恰当的。

50. Can you boil down the facts to a short statement?

你能把这些事实写成一个简短的声明吗？

51. The children must not go short of food.

儿童不可缺少食物。

52. Several strong men fell upon him and made short work of him.

几条大汉扑了过来，把他给干掉了。

53. The spaceship Astra which left the earth a short time ago, will be travelling three hundred miles into space.

刚刚离开地球的阿斯特拉号宇宙飞船将飞行三百英里进入太空。

54. Don't irritate her, she's on a short fuse today.

别惹她，她今天动不动就发火。

55. The tanker drivers are going slow and as a result petrol is in short supply.

加油车驾驶员故意把车开得很慢，因此就发生汽油供应不足的情况。

56. The doctor examined every child for possible short sight.

医生逐个检查，看孩子们是否患近视眼。

57. 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。

58. The government planned to build10000 new houses last year, but they fell short of their aim.

去年政府计划建造一万所新房屋，但没达到他们的目标。

59. The rebels were short of gunpowder.

反叛者们缺少弹药。

60. Just a short line to say thanks.

只言片语聊表谢忱。

61. Otherwise you'll be short of money all term.

否则你整个一学期都将缺钱。

62. The cafeteria is short handed so we'll have to wait in line.

咖啡馆人手不够，所以我们不得不排队等候。

63. Hello. This is John. Chang of Beijing trading company. The shipment we receive be short.

喂，我是北京贸易公司的JohnChang。我们收到的货品数量有所短缺。

64. She has no hairpin because her hair is short.

因为她头发短，所以没有束发夹。

65. The graphic record shows three waves arriving one after the other at short intervals.

图形记录便显示了在短的间隙内先后到达的三种波。

66. In a short period of time he grew into a great communist fighter.

在很短时期中，他成长为一名伟大的共产产义战士。

67. In making the selection we passed this short piece by quite inadvertently.

在挑选时我们完全出自疏忽而漏过了这篇短文。

68. You can cross the river a short distance below (ie downstream from) the waterfall.

在瀑布下游附近可以过河。

69. They carried on the exercise after a short break.

在短暂的休息之后他们继续锻炼。

70. Short skirts are no longer in vogue in Britain.

在英国，短裙现在不流行了。

71. There's no short cut to take in this problem.

在这个问题上没有捷径可走。

72. You need not have bought extra oil for this short trip.

在这么短的旅程中，你实在没有必要多买油。

73. In this afternoon's race, some of the other runners gave her stiff competition and she won only by a short neck.

在这天下午的赛马中，其它一些赛跑的马和她势均力敌，她仅以些微之差获胜。

74. Short hair came back into vogue about ten years ago.

大约十年前短发又开始流行起来了。

75. Long, medium and short overcoats. Winter wear, jacket, coat, long, medium and short jumpers.

大，中，短大衣，防寒服，茄克衫，上装，中长短马甲。

76. The days were short, for it was now December.

天短了，因为现在是十二月。

77. After a short spell in hospital she was soon back at work.

她在医院住了一段时间后，很快又回来上班了。

78. She cleaned out her savings in a short time.

她在短时间内把全部积蓄都花光了。

79. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.

她的眼睛直盯着盘子，不久，她就全神贯注地吃起来了。我试着和她攀谈。

80. Her speeches are rather short on wit.

她的讲话不够风趣。