run short
英 [rʌn ʃɔːt]
美 [rʌn ʃɔːrt]
网络 用完; 缺少; 短缺; 不足
英英释义
verb
- to be spent or finished
- The money had gone after a few days
- Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest
双语例句
- Yet the IMF could soon run short of firepower.
然而，该组织可能很快就会缺少火力。 - When vital supplies of food or oil run short, two things happen-prices rise as do tensions about who gets what.
当粮食和石油短缺，有两个情况会发生&价格攀升和因争取资源而产生的磨擦。 - At that burn rate, GM could effectively run short of cash next summer, without even taking into account further sales declines.
按照这个消耗速度，通用汽车明年夏季就会出现现金短缺，这还没有考虑未来销量进一步下降的因素。 - Food and water have run short, Mr Edano said, and keeping the area supplied an operation carried out largely by military personnel is diverting resources from emergency efforts elsewhere.
枝野幸男说，这一地区内食物和水的供给正变得日益紧张，并且向居民们发放这些供给主要由军事人员执行占用了其它地区的一些抢修资源。 - They argue that this is only fair as deficit countries always face the threat that they might run short of willing financiers, but countries running trade surpluses face no similar threats.
它们辩称，由于逆差国总是面临愿意借钱给它们的债权国可能不够的威胁，而贸易顺差国却不存在此类风险，因此这样才最公平。 - We've run short of oil.
我们已快把油用完了。 - If the car owners happen to run short of this backup coolant, they will need to add more coolant until it reaches the maximum limit indicator.
如果车主碰巧跑达不到这个备份冷却，他们将需要增加更多的冷却直至达到最大限度的指示器。 - But if they are too soft, their own companies may run short.
但如果心太软的话，他们自己的公司也许会出现资金短缺。 - Meanwhile, bankers have discovered that "capital efficiency" can create risks: if banks cannot sell bonds to investors and are forced to hold these on their balance sheet instead, they may run short of capital.
与此同时，银行家发现，“资本效率”会带来风险：如果银行无法将债券销售给投资者，不得不把这些债券留在它们的资产负债表上，它们可能出现资金短绌。 - They are afraid that the world will soon run out of oil and run short of food.
他们担心人类不久会用完石油、发生食品短缺！但有些人则持乐观的看法。