odd-come-short的例句（odd-come-short在句子中的用法）

• The name on the gate pulled me up short. 大门上的名字让我突然停了下来。
• Most manufacturers have had to introduce short-time working. 大多数制造商不得不推行短工时工作制。
• Workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand... 因需求量大幅下降，全国的工人都开工不足。
• The resolution stopped short of an outright declaration of independence. 这项决议几乎成为公开的独立宣言。
• He stopped short of explicitly criticizing the government... 他几乎要直言批评政府了。
• The proposals were short on detail. 这些提议缺少细节。
• He was very short on enthusiasm... 他太缺乏热情。
• His last visit to Washington was little short of a fiasco. 他最近对华盛顿的访问几乎是一场惨败。
• The results are nothing short of magnificent... 结果非常不错。
• She was surrounded by doctors, lawyers, housewives — people, in short, like herself. 她被医生、律师、家庭主妇——总之是一群像她一样的人——所包围着。
• Try tennis, badminton or windsurfing. In short, anything challenging... 试试网球、羽毛球或帆板运动吧。总之，只要是有挑战性的。
• Some people may manage their finances badly and therefore have to go short of essentials. 有些人可能极不善于理财，因而不得不缺衣少食地将就过活。
• This condition is called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD for short. 这种病情叫做季节性情感失调症，或简称 SAD。
• Opposite me was a woman called Jasminder (Jazzy for short)... 我对面是一位名叫贾丝明德(简称杰丝)的女子。
• She seemed nervous or tense, and she was definitely short with me. 她似乎很焦虑，抑或是很紧张，对我明显很不客气。
• ...an awkward, self-conscious woman with a short temper. 脾气暴躁、笨拙又忸怩的女人
• 'O.O.B.E.' is short for 'Out Of Body Experience'. O.O.B.E. 是 Out Of Body Experience (身外体验)的缩略形式。
• Her friend Kes (short for Kesewa) was in tears... 她的朋友凯斯(凯茜娃的简称)眼泪汪汪。
• Jackson cut short his trip to Africa... 杰克逊提前结束了他的非洲之行。
• His glittering career was cut short by a heart attack... 他辉煌的事业因心脏病发作而被迫终止。