fall short

基本解释

• 不符合标准

同根派生

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。
  哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选
• 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。
  耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

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