short of
缺少; 不遠; 差一點; 除了…之外
He was short of cash after the collapse of his business.
在公司倒閉後,他手頭缺少現金。
He stopped a hundred yards short of the building.
他在離大樓100碼處停下了。
The resolution stopped short of an outright declaration of independence.
這項決議幾乎成為公開的獨立宣言。
His last visit to Washington was little short of a fiasco.
他最近對華盛頓的訪問幾乎是一場慘敗。
Most of the ships were woefully short of ammunition.
大多數艦船彈藥極度匱乏。