1.猛然停止,停止;使(谈话等)停止;【剑术】挡住,回击
2.“stop dead/short”的变体
1.The variant of stop dead/short
1.Some suspect the Fed will stop short of any indication that another round of quantitative easing might be on the table.
一些人估计美联储不会暗示可能出台新一轮量化宽松政策。
2.Chilblains are only one stop short of frostbite, you know, and occur in all the same places.
你知道，冻疮与冻伤只有一步之遥，而且它们发生的部位全都一样。
3.Strive for elegance in designs and code, but sometimes it is better to stop short of the most elegant solution in favor of a simpler one.
在设计和编码时，追求优雅是必要的，但有时候在优雅上少花点时间而更多关注解决方案的简单性，结果可能更好。
4.But with rational explanations hard to come by, investors should stop short of making big moves out of equities, Mr. Stovall says.
但斯托瓦尔指出，对于美股的九月厄运，由于很难找到合理的解释，投资者也不应大举做空股票。
5.At first I was a little worried the movie would stop short of being just a pretty romance.
最初我有些担心这部电影，它只是一个极其浪漫的故事。
6.But even then, most Japanese experts believe that their country would stop short of building a bomb of its own.
但即便如此，多数日本专家相信日本不会制造自己的核弹。
7.This amazing monotone image made me stop short as I scrolled through the selections. The color and depth of the liquid is arresting.
这张单色调的图像令人惊讶，在我审阅是让我停留几许，它的色彩和液体的深度让人惬意。
8.At least they stop short this time in Libya. Make sense for a rare change.
至少他们在利比亚涉足不深。难得的转变，难得的理智！
9.Debt mutualisation can be devised to stop short of a permanent transfer union.
对债务共担（debtmutualisation）的设计可以防止产生一个永久性的拨款联盟。
10.I may withhold the truth at times, but I stop short of actually telling lies.
我有时候可能不说真话，但事实际上我不至于到说谎地步。