1.缺少;达不到;除了;只要不是
1.not having something, or not having enough of something
2.less than
3.without actually doing something
1.The butcher stared at her. The wicker lady was short of stature and twisted of limb, her face was dark and rough.
屠夫盯着她，柳条女士的身材矮小，四肢扭曲，她的脸很黑而且粗糙。
2.The DPJ won just 44 seats, ten less than it had hoped for and well short of a majority, even in league with its small coalition partner.
民主党在选举中仅赢得了44席，比原先少了10席，也少于半数席位，甚至加上它的政治联盟成员也依然少于半数席数。
3.By the way, I would be very grateful if you could cover the cost for me first. I'm running short of cash.
哦。是的。你到了那里可不可以顺便跑照相馆一趟。帮我冲印一下这卷胶卷？。
4.Short of an implosion to rival that of Bear Stearns in March, however, the rumours are unlikely to become real deals for the time being.
只差一次内部爆炸便足以同三月份的BEARSTEARNS相媲美，不管怎么说，时间不会让流言成真。
5.But he stopped short of saying how much it could expand output given possible supply limits for hybrid components.
但他并未阐述在当前混合动力车部件供给可能受限的条件下，公司要扩大多少产出。
6.Even if the size of the IPO surpasses that of ICBC, it still falls short of the bank's goal to raise as much as $30 billion.
即使农行IPO规模超过工商银行，仍没有达到该行筹集至多300亿美元的目标。
7.A mild discussion may sometimes develop into a set-to. Such a thing is little short of ludicrous.
一次心平气和的讨论有时会发展成一场厮打，这种简直荒唐可笑。
8.It had taken everything short of magic to make it here so fast with all the necessary connections between cities.
尽快利用两市间的一切必要的通道，魔术般的到达了这里。
9.The old woman's grandchildren willed her to live until Christmas, but she died just short of the holiday.
老太太的孙辈们希望她能活到圣诞节，但是她在假日来临之际过世了。
10.While Uefa appears ready to bow to the club's request, it stopped short of confirming yesterday that it would give its consent.
虽然欧足联看上去准备满足俱乐部的这个要求，但昨天却拒绝对此作出肯定的答复。