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1. Short of calling a meeting, they don't know how they can get their plan approved.
除非召开会议，否则他们真不知道他们的计划怎么才能获准。
1. 缺少：sick of厌恶,厌倦 | short of缺少 | answer to ...的答案
2. 不足;缺乏：settle down 坐下来;安居下来;安家;安定下来;冷静下来;降临 | short of 不足;缺乏 | show off 卖弄;夸示;显眼;炫耀;展示;(在...衬托下)显得好看
3. 短缺：886. short cut捷径 | 887. short of 短缺 | 888. shoulder to shoulder肩并肩;团结一致
4. 缺乏：settle down定居安顿 | short of缺乏 | similar to与......相似
1. The official said the launch of margin trading and short selling business will help boost the efficiency of the capital markets.
2. The business is now so popular that Xia says he's short of staff.
3. " We are all very short of money, " a US businesswoman said at the Xiamen trade fair.
4. But Jiang stopped short of commenting on the resignation of British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday.
5. Her new short do uncovered a tattoo running down the back of her neck, which has been hidden for years by her hair extensions.
6. The French coach seemed to be particularly angered by United midfielder Darren Fletcher's challenges but stopped short of accusing the Scot by name.
7. short of
7. Shanghai weather at this time of the year is characterized by long heat spells broken only by short bursts of torrential rain.
8. Shanghai weather at this time of the year is characterised by long heat spells broken only by short bursts of torrential rain.
9. One short piece of this ink landscape is held by the Zhejiang Provincial Museum.
10. He fell short of labelling the action " illegal " in an interview with Xinhua News Agency.