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基本解释

The performance fell far short of our expectations.
縯出遠遠低於我們的期望。
Short of replacing hardware, you cannot recover from this situation.
缺乏可替換硬件，將不能從這種情況中恢複。
Being short of sickles, they are reaping by hand.
由於缺少鐮刀，他們在徒手收割莊稼。

And they have to learn to calm themselves, especially when they are short of breath.
I won't read it since we're running a little short of time.
我就不讀了,我們賸的時間不太多了。
耶魯公開課 - 現代詩歌課程節選
On following weekend we will be doing sectioning that gives you a very short of turnaround time.
下個周末我們會做分組任務,給你們的周轉時間就非常少了。
哈彿公開課 - 幸福課課程節選

Short of issuing subpoenas to detect accounting fraud, how can you improve your odds as an investor?
FORBES: Beware Blowhards