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

• When vital supplies of food or oil run short, two things happen-prices rise as do tensions about who gets what.
  当粮食和石油短缺，有两个情况会发生&价格攀升和因争取资源而产生的磨擦。
• It seems that people are always in a hurry now, though we do have more convenience. Still, we run short of time to stand and stare, to speak and share.
  虽然现在我们的生活确实越来越方便了，但人们似乎总是很忙，依然缺少时间停下来对视、交谈与分享。
• We've run short of oil.
  我们已快把油用完了。
• They argue that this is only fair as deficit countries always face the threat that they might run short of willing financiers, but countries running trade surpluses face no similar threats.
  它们辩称，由于逆差国总是面临愿意借钱给它们的债权国可能不够的威胁，而贸易顺差国却不存在此类风险，因此这样才最公平。
• 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。
• They are afraid that the world will soon run out of oil and run short of food.
  他们担心人类不久会用完石油、发生食品短缺！但有些人则持乐观的看法。
• At that burn rate, GM could effectively run short of cash next summer, without even taking into account further sales declines.
  按照这个消耗速度，通用汽车明年夏季就会出现现金短缺，这还没有考虑未来销量进一步下降的因素。
• The nervousness about Chinese energy demand was exacerbated yesterday when officials said 32 power plants had been forced to close because of coal shortages, the second time this year the power industry has run short of coal.
  市场对中国能源需求的紧张昨日有所加剧。中国官员称，由于煤炭短缺，32家电厂被迫停产。这是中国电力行业今年第二次遭遇煤炭短缺。
• If the car owners happen to run short of this backup coolant, they will need to add more coolant until it reaches the maximum limit indicator.
  如果车主碰巧跑达不到这个备份冷却，他们将需要增加更多的冷却直至达到最大限度的指示器。
• The rising industries in material production, and particularly the burgeoning industries in nonmaterial production, often run short of workforce.
  在新兴的物质生产部门中，尤其是在日益发展的非物质生产部门中，劳动力则往往是不足的。