to be short of

基本解释

The lesson from that crisis was never to be short of reserves.
那次危机的教训就是永远不要碰到外汇储备不够用。
Brazil is thought to be short of some 8m homes; the whole of India has fewer hotel rooms than Las Vegas; in Saudi Arabia a long-awaited mortgage law is expected to kickstart a residential boom.
通常认为在巴西，8平米的住房非常短缺；而整个印度的酒店房间数量竟比不过拉斯维加斯；在沙特阿拉伯，一项被期待已久的有关贷款的法条，很有可能将会开启一波购房热潮。
Brazil is thought to be short of some 8m homes; the whole of India has fewer hotel rooms than Las Vegas; in Saudi Arabia a long-awaited mortgage law is expected to kick start a residential boom.
巴西被认为存在800万间房屋的短缺；整个印度的饭店客房数量加起来还没有拉斯维加斯多；沙特期盼已久的抵押贷款法被认为将打开住宅市场繁荣。

Analysts say that if the Geithner plan fails to revive the financial system, there will be no alternative but short-term nationalization of distressed banks.
There is a book review, a short book review, to be written towards near the end of the class.
我们还要写一篇简短的书评,在临近期末的时候完成
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But there seems to be as much, if not maybe a bit more work in terms of part-time and short-term jobs.
但是就兼职和短期工而言，工作似乎没变少，可能还更多了。
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Some two-thirds of Paraguay's 4m people were said to be short of food.
ECONOMIST: Andres Rodriguez