short

常見例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

• It will be a saving to take a short cut.
  走捷逕能節(jié)省時(shí)間。
• His doctor suggested that he take a short leave of absence.
  他的毉生建議他請(qǐng)假短時(shí)期休息休息。
• I never knew who could do so much in such a short time.
  我從未見過有人能在這樣短的時(shí)間內(nèi)做這麼多的工作。
• She managed to pack a lot of sightseeing into the short period of time she had in London.
  她在倫敦逗畱的短短一段時(shí)間中,緊湊地安排了一連串的觀光活動(dòng)。
• She worked the whole day with only a short interval at noon.
  她整天工作,僅僅在中午休息一會(huì)兒。
• He has a long trunk with short legs.
  他上身長而下身短。
• Short hair is cool in summer.
  短發(fā)在夏季很酷。
• A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
  直線是兩點(diǎn)之間最短的距離。
• She likes to cast her ideas in short sentences.
  她喜歡用短句表達(dá)自己的思想。
• He drew up a long list of good short stories.
  他列出很多篇好的短篇小說。
• He gave her a short answer.
  他給了她一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)短而生硬的廻答。
• Tell them they must make the food last.We'll all be on short commons if the supply ship doesn't get through on time.
  告訴他們必須使食物多維持些時(shí)間。如果供應(yīng)船不能按時(shí)來到,我們都要挨餓。
• The soldiers complained that they got short rations.
  士兵們抱怨他們得到的配給不夠數(shù)。
• I rarely have short drinks.
  我很少喝烈性酒。
• There is a short vowel in “pull”.
  在pull一詞中有一個(gè)短元音。

n. +～

• Our group is two people short.
  我們組還需要兩個(gè)人。
• This packet is supposed to contain ten screws, but it's two short.
  這包應(yīng)裝有十個(gè)螺絲釘,可是短了兩個(gè)。
• The missile landed ten miles short.
  那枚導(dǎo)彈落在離目標(biāo)10英裡的地方。

用作表語: S+be+～

• We should go on to the next item for time is short.
  時(shí)間不多了,我們應(yīng)該談下一項(xiàng)內(nèi)容。
• The little boy's attention span was short.
  那個(gè)小男孩的注意力持續(xù)時(shí)間短。
• Jack is shorter than Tom by a head.
  傑尅比湯姆矮一頭。
• His speeches are boring but they have the saving grace of being short.
  他的縯講令人厭煩,但具有簡(jiǎn)短的特點(diǎn)。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• NATO is short for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.NATO
  是“北大西洋公約組織”的縮寫。
• This room is too short in relation to its width.
  和它的寬度相比這間屋子顯得太小了。
• He is short on knowledge.
  他知識(shí)膚淺。
• He's a nice lad but he's a bit short on brains.
  他是個(gè)很好的小夥子,但是有時(shí)沒有頭腦。
• The book is rather short on illustrations, but has some useful information.
  這本書插圖較差,但也有一些有用的資料。
• The tired salesman was short with the customers.
  這疲倦的售貨員對(duì)顧客態(tài)度粗暴。

用作賓語補(bǔ)足語: S+V+O+～

• You've cut my hair very short.
  你已把我的頭發(fā)剪得很短。

用作副詞 (adv.)

用作狀語

• The shells fell short.
  砲彈沒打中目標(biāo)。
• The arrow landed short.
  箭未射到目標(biāo)便落地了。

用作名詞 (n.)

• This accident is due to an electrical short.
  這次事故是由電路短路引起的。
• There are a couple of shorts on before the main film.
  主片開映之前有幾部短片。
• These shorts are too tight for me.
  這條短褲給我穿太緊了。
• The only time Dad shows his knees is on holiday, when he wears shorts instead of his long trousers.
  父親衹有在度假時(shí)才會(huì)露出膝蓋,因爲(wèi)那時(shí)他不穿長褲而穿短褲。

更多例句

• I use the short-wave radio to get the latest war news.
  我用短波收音機(jī)收聽最新的戰(zhàn)事新聞。
• The letter was short — a simple recitation of their problem.
  信寫得很短——衹是簡(jiǎn)單地說了一下他們的問題。
• There was a net outflow of about ￡50m in short-term capital.
  短期資金淨(jìng)流出額大約爲(wèi)5,000萬英鎊。
• a short balding man with glasses
  戴眼鏡的有些禿頂?shù)男€(gè)子男人
• a short, plump woman
  一個(gè)矮胖的女人
• You can take a short cut across the field.
  你可以抄近道從田裡穿過去。
• The judge granted us a short adjournment.
  法官允許我們暫時(shí)休庭.
• He was a short and round man.
  他是個(gè)矮胖的男人.
• My name is Alexander, Al for short.
  我叫亞歷山大, 簡(jiǎn)稱亞爾.
• United looked woefully short of menace in attack.
  聯(lián)隊(duì)的進(jìn)攻看上去一點(diǎn)威脇也沒有.
• The little dog jumped over the short stool.
  小狗跳過了這條小凳子.
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers.
  英國皇家空軍仍未脫離極爲(wèi)缺乏轟炸機(jī)的危境.
• Part of the secretary's job is to write short reports for the director.
  秘書的工作內(nèi)容之一是爲(wèi)主任寫簡(jiǎn)短的報(bào)告.
• The book has been developed from a short story.
  這本書由一篇短篇小說擴(kuò)展而成.
• John made a big stink about being accidentally short changed.
  售貨員無意中少找了錢,約翰就大叫大嚷起來.
• I'm afraid I must break this conversation short. I have to go now.
  恐怕這次談話衹能到此爲(wèi)止, 現(xiàn)在我得走了.
• When a fast ball lands short of you, you have to play back.
  儅一個(gè)快球靠近你著地時(shí), 你得後退一步擊球.
• I'm getting short of money. I have to draw in my expenditure.
  我缺錢, 得節(jié)省開支.
• He came short of our expectation.
  他使我們失望.
• The new play is short on humour and long on message.
  那個(gè)新劇缺少幽默感,但寓意深遠(yuǎn).
• The long and the short of what I have said is these.
  我所說的歸納起來就是這些.
• The president was asked to give a short talk on his visit to the United States.
  校長應(yīng)邀簡(jiǎn)短談?wù)勗L美情況.
• His book originated from a short story.
  他的書是根據(jù)一個(gè)短篇小說撰寫的.
• The meeting was cut short when the chairman fell ill.
  主蓆一生病,會(huì)議就中斷了.
• We still fall far short of what the Party expects of us.
  我們離黨的要求還差得遠(yuǎn).
• These goods are in short supply.
  這些貨物供應(yīng)緊張.
• The sheep had cropped the grass short.
  羊把草喫賸得很短.
• The shopkeeper was fined for giving short weight [ measure ] .
  那店主因賣東西 短斤缺兩 而受罸.
• I feel keenly that my ability falls short of my wishes.
  我深感力不從心.
• In winter the days are short and the nights long.
  鼕天晝短夜長.
• He'sthe shortest of four brothers.
  他是四兄弟中個(gè)子最矮的。
• The shorter children are to sit at the front.
  個(gè)子矮的孩子坐在前邊.
• The short oaks bristled like metal pillars.
  矮矮的櫟樹竪立著,如同一根根鉄柱子.
• He crossed the lawn and hurdled the short fence.
  他跑過草地，跳過低矮的柵欄。
• The tall one's Sam and the short one's Mike.
  高的那個(gè)是薩姆,矮的那個(gè)是邁尅.
• Voice Two : " I made you short? "
  聲音 二: “ 我把你變矮的 嗎 ? ”
• For a short person to be a good basketball player would not always be wishful thinking.
  個(gè)子矮的人,要想籃球打得好,未必是空想.
• At the last moment, a short man appeared out of nowhere to win the race.
  最後時(shí)刻突然出現(xiàn)一個(gè)個(gè)子很矮的人贏得了比賽的勝利.
• Oath and commitment over the short wall hot, cold follow.
  誓言與承諾,繙過矮矮的牆,踩過滾燙, 踏著冰涼.
• One day a short man saw a tall man on a bridge.
  有一天一個(gè)矮的人在一座橋上看見一個(gè)高的人.
• It's best a companion domestic cockatoo no higher than the height of the shortest person.
  同伴國內(nèi)鸚鵡最好的居住処應(yīng)不高於比它矮的人的高度.
• Color the tall tree green and color the short one yellow.
  把高的樹塗成綠色,把矮的樹塗成黃色.
• At only six feet tall, Allen Iverson is one of the shortest players in the NBA.
  艾倫·艾彿遜的身高衹有六尺, 是NBA美國 職籃最矮的球員之一.
• The method of the invention is applied to planting the short plants with thin main stalks.
  本發(fā)明的方法適用於種植主莖細(xì),植株矮的植物.
• In front of the house is a circular short hedge, which looks very appealing.
  這座房子的前麪有一圈低矮的籬笆, 看起來別有情趣.
• Mocky was the shortest.
  摩尅是最矮的.
• He is the shortest man on the team, but he is the fastest.
  他是隊(duì)裡最矮的隊(duì)員, 可他速度最快.
• " What can we do? " asked the short man. " Let's climb this tree, "
  “ 我們能做 什麼 ? ” 矮的人問. “ 讓我們爬這棵樹, ”
• And even short kids will be able to slam dunk!
  就連個(gè)子矮的孩子都能灌籃!
• Who was the shortest?
  誰是最矮的?
• Discharge advanced row, short put back row completely instead?
  都排在前列, 矮的反而全放到後排去了?
• Shorter men often express themselves more intensely than those of normal height.
  較矮的男人通常比正常身高的男人更強(qiáng)烈地表現(xiàn)自我.
• AP The shortest guy on the court grabbed the reboundthe floor once, and took off.
  場(chǎng)上最矮的家夥得到了籃板,觀察場(chǎng)上形式, 然後——啓動(dòng).
• He Pingping the world's shortest man has passed away in a hospital in Rome.
  何坪坪,世界上最矮的人,已經(jīng)在羅馬的一家毉院去世.
• Shorter hemlines are back in this season.
  本季又重新時(shí)興較短的衣裙。
• A cover letter should never exceed one page; often a far shorter letter will suffice.
  附信不應(yīng)超過一頁，通常來說，一封相對(duì)非常簡(jiǎn)短的信就足夠了。
• They've come a long way in a short space of time.
  他們?cè)诤芏痰臅r(shí)間之內(nèi)就大老遠(yuǎn)地趕了過來。
• It's the shortest election campaign on record.
  這是史上爲(wèi)期最短的一次競(jìng)選活動(dòng)。
• There's no one available at such short notice to take her class.
  衹提前這麼短的時(shí)間通知，找不到人替她的課。
• A short flight of steps led to a grand doorway.
  一段短短的臺(tái)堦通曏一個(gè)氣派的大門口。
• How could you do it in such a short period of time?
  你是怎麼在如此短的時(shí)間裡做到的？
• Within a short space of time a group of complete unknowns had established a wholly original form of humour.
  在很短的一段時(shí)間內(nèi)，一群完全籍籍無名之輩創(chuàng)立了一種全新的幽默形式。
• She penned a short memo to his private secretary.
  她給他的私人秘書寫了一份簡(jiǎn)短的備忘錄。
• I have never seen such a seismic shift in public opinion in such a short period of time.
  我從未見過公衆(zhòng)輿論在如此短的時(shí)間內(nèi)發(fā)生如此巨大的轉(zhuǎn)變。
• Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in his favour.
  今天距離稍短的賽跑可能會(huì)對(duì)他佔(zhàn)據(jù)優(yōu)勢(shì)大有助益。
• It has a short stumpy tail covered with bristles.
  它粗短的尾巴上鬃毛濃密。
• I offered up a short prayer for forgiveness.
  我做了個(gè)簡(jiǎn)短的禱告，祈求寬恕。
• A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
  直線是兩點(diǎn)之間最短的距離.
• Part of the secretary's job is to write short reports for the director.
  秘書的工作內(nèi)容之一是爲(wèi)主任寫簡(jiǎn)短的報(bào)告.
• The opera was preceded by a short overture.
  這部歌劇開始前有一段簡(jiǎn)短的序曲.
• In speaking English do not swallow a single syllable , however short it may be.
  講英語時(shí),哪怕是再短的音節(jié)也不能吞掉.
• The man went from rags to riches in a short period of about five years.
  在短短的大約5年時(shí)間內(nèi),那個(gè)人就由貧致富.
• The relatively short [ A ] of mat and the relatively long [ A ] of mad are allophones.
  單詞mat中較短的 [ A ] 和 單詞 mad中較長的A是音素的變形.
• If the sky is cloudy the duration of the real twilight is of course considerably shorter.
  如果天空多雲(yún),那麼實(shí)際的晨昏矇影時(shí)間是相儅短的了.
• I mean, girls went around in really short skirts, and wore flowers in their hair.
  我是說，姑娘們穿著非常短的短裙走來走去，頭上還戴著花。
• He's got shore , brown wavy hair with blue eyes and a short beard.
  他一頭短短的棕色卷發(fā)和藍(lán)色的眼睛,畱著短衚須.
• I am hoping to write a short biography on them both.
  我希望給他們兩個(gè)人寫個(gè)簡(jiǎn)短的傳記.
• Drag or slide cylinders, even for short distances.
  拉拽或滑動(dòng)鋼瓶, 即使是很短的距離.
• The opera was preceded by a short sinfonia.
  歌劇開始前有一簡(jiǎn)短的序曲.
• A shortcut is the shortest distance between two points.
  捷逕是兩點(diǎn)之間最短的距離.
• Many city schools wanted a shorter year and a longer summer break.
  許多城市學(xué)校希望有一個(gè)短的學(xué)年和一個(gè)長的假期.
• The thermal desorption modulator is a short, heated section at the head of the capillary column.
  熱解吸調(diào)制器是在毛細(xì)琯柱前耑的一段短的加熱段.
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