橘子朗文词典

fall short

F 开头单词

基本解释

  • 不符合标准

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英汉例句

    双语例句

  • Where do they fall short?
    他们的不足又在何处？
  • Zichen did not answer, because anything she said would fall short of his expectations.
    紫宸没有回答，因为她说出的东西会减少他的期待。
  • In fact, this chapter is almost too full of examples and ideas; and once again, in their eagerness to present everything, the authors fall short on organizational logic.
    实际上，本章的例子很丰富并且富有思想；并且他们的热心再次用在了每件事上，作者在组织逻辑上有些缺乏。

    • 原声例句

  • The pledges announced by NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rassmussen fall short of the 10,000 additional troops that Pentagon officials hoped for.
  • Because very often,with very good intentions, we may fall short of what we are capable of doing, or in some situations,even hurt more than help.
    因为很多时候，即使有很好的意愿，我们的能力还是有限，或在某些情况下，我们带来的伤害多于帮助。
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  • In other words, set your sights high, knowing you will probably fall short.
    换句话说即将目光放远，了解到你可能将会失败。
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    • 权威例句

  • Cypress Semiconductor this morning warned that Q4 financial results will fall short of previous estimates.
    FORBES: Cypress Semi Warns On Q4 Results; Shares Hit The Skids

词组短语

    短语

  • fall far short of 差得很远
  • fall seeding short 近弹
  • to fall far short 差远
  • fall short to 达不到
  • fall short of goal 未达到自己的目标

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • to fail to reach an amount or standard that was expected or hoped for, causing disappointment