go short of

基本解釋

He never allowed his wife to go short of anything she wanted.
他從不會讓他妻子缺少任何她想要的東西。
The environment can hardly afford the large population which made China go short of resources.
人口衆(zhòng)多、資源相對不足、環(huán)境承載力較弱，是我國的基本國情。
Industrial countries need never go short of food because of crop failure, since they can always afford to buy enough on world markets .
工業(yè)國決不會因作物歉收而缺乏糧食，因爲(wèi)它們縂有能力在國際市場上買到足夠的糧食。

Nixon expressed a lot of frustration at short selling, citing the lengthy process companies go through to issue shares of stock when short sellers can "create another 11 million shares" almost instantly.
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President SHIMON PEREZ (Israel): I can't think of any other nation that in such a relatively short period of 60 years to go through seven wars, two intifadas, being inferior in numbers and qualities - in quantities, and so right. (unintelligible) I know there are people criticizing us here and there.
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As of now, they are still well short of covering all of the goods and services that go into the CPI.
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