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

• In those days ships were sometimes so delayed by contrary wind as to run short of fresh water and provisions.
  当时船因遇到逆风而迟误，以至发生淡水和粮食不足的现象。
• Suddenly, a week from the fatal day, Carrie realised that they were going to run short.
  在那个不幸的付房租的日子前一个星期，嘉莉突然发现钱快用完了。
• 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 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。
• Meanwhile, bankers have discovered that "capital efficiency" can create risks: if banks cannot sell bonds to investors and are forced to hold these on their balance sheet instead, they may run short of capital.
  与此同时，银行家发现，“资本效率”会带来风险：如果银行无法将债券销售给投资者，不得不把这些债券留在它们的资产负债表上，它们可能出现资金短绌。
• For example, we can invent cars that: can save fuel or use other types of energy so that cars can still 'be used even though resources run short.
  例如，我们可以发明节油或者消耗其他燃料的车，即使能源紧缺依然可以使用。
• This is the happy challenge faced by the Asian Development Bank, which will run short of customers as one country after another reaches middle-income status.
  这正是亚洲开发银行（AsianDevelopmentBank）面临的可喜挑战。随着一个又一个国家相继达到中等收入水平，亚行将面临客户短缺的问题。
• All this in a new country where there is no mum to do your washing, nor a kindly and sympathetic relative to help you out when you run short of money.
  而且还是在一个陌生的国度，没有母亲帮你洗衣服，缺钱花的时候也没有和善的亲戚帮你度过难关。
• The empirical results show that most of the provinces run short of R& D efficiency in the high-tech industry, while there exist distinct differences among them.
  实证结果表明，我国高新技术产业研发效率整体水平偏低，各地差异显著，且大多数省份都呈现规模报酬递减；
• 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。