shortness
['ʃɔ:tnis]
n. 短小, 简略, 不足
例句与用法:
I shall be in touch with you again shortly.
我很快再和你联系。
John passed through a difficult period shortly after his mother's death.
约翰在他母亲刚过世后度过了艰难时期。
The Muslim delegation is shortly going on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
这个穆斯林代表团很快就要去麦加朝圣了。
We shall be landing (at Gatwick airport) shortly please fasten your seat-belts.
我们马上就要(在盖特威克机场)着陆--请大家系好座位上的安全带。
I hope to announce the winner shortly.
我希望马上宣布胜利者的名字。
She died in an accident shortly afterwards.
不久以后,她就在一次事故中丧生。
The movie was over shortly before six.
电影在六点钟不到就结束了。
n.
1. 短小; 简略
2. 不足
3. 没礼貌
shortness
同义词:
brevity | poverty | brusqueness | curtness | abruptness | smallness | tininess | littleness | quickness | rapidity | speed | transience | briefness | concision | succinctness | briskness | truncation | gruffness |
反义词:
词义辨析:
同义参见:
poverty
brevity
shortness['ʃɔ:tnis]n.1.■(时间、距离,长度等)短,不长2.■缺乏,不足3.■[废语]简略,简短4.■近视,视力缺陷5.■(金属等的)脆性6.■粗鲁,唐突,无礼
shortnessshortness[ˈʃɔ:tnis]n.1.■短; 不足, 缺少2.■简单; 简短3.■脆性, 松脆4.■(塑料)压制不足, 欠制shortness of breath喘气for shortness=for short
shortness
名词 shortness:
the property of being of short spatial extent
the condition of being short of something
the property of being truncated or short
同义词:truncation
the property of being of short temporal extent
the property of being shorter than average stature
an abrupt discourteous manner
同义词:abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness
shortness
■Short pleasure, long lament.
[谚]痛快一时,痛苦一世。
■A short horse is soon curried.
[谚]矮马容易刷洗; 小事易办。
■Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.
[谚]话若投机嫌日短。
■A grownup man can't change from short to tall in height.
一个成年人不能在身高上由矮变高。
■A good typist can finish typing the long article in a short while.
一位好打字员可在短短时间内完成这一长长的文章。
■We had to set out on short notice.
一接到通知,我们就出发了。
■After a short burst of enthusiasm, she relapsed into her usual apathy.
一阵热情爆发之后,他又回复到往常一样的冷漠了。
■The last time I went to that pub I was given short measure.
上次我去那家酒吧,喝的酒分量不足。
■She stepped short from the boat, and fell into the river.
下船时,她步子迈得太小,掉到河里了。
■However short the journey is, you always get something to eat on this airline.
不管航程多麽短,这一班机上都有些吃的。
■Don't connect up the two wires, or there will be a short circuit.
不要把这两条电线接在一起,否则会短路的。
■Nothing short of this could mend the case.
不这样就不能挽回局面。
■I wrote a book of short biographies as a pot boiler while waiting to begin work on my next novel.
为了赚钱我写了一本短篇传记集,与此同时,我期待着开始写下一部小说。
■Henry's note to his father was short and sweet.
亨利写给父亲的信简明扼要。
■It is possible to live for several weeks without food, but only for a short time without water.
人不吃东西可以活上几个星期,而没有水则只能活很短的时间。
■It is but a few short years from diaper to dignity and from dignity to decomposition.
从尿布到尊严、又从尊严到解体,只不过是短短的一段岁月而已。
■In the short term, the medicine may not be very effective.
从眼前来看,这药可能疗效不是很大。
■It's a short walk from there.
从那里走一小段路就到了。
■He took careful aim, but his shot fell short.
他仔细瞄准,但子弹没射中目标。
■Their food is running short.
他们的食物不够了。
■They are short of food and clothes.
他们缺吃少穿。
■They managed to cover quite a lot of ground in a short programme.
他们设法在一个短小的节目中包罗了多方面的内容。
■He often carries the short fuse in his pocket and joke about it afterwards.
他动不动就发火,可是过后又把它当笑话说。
■He's only away for short periods a week at the longest.
他只是短期外出--至多一周。
■He stopped short when he heard his name called.
他听到有人叫他,就突然停了下来。
■He rounded off his short speech by thanking everyone who had assisted him.
他对帮助过他的每个人表示了谢意,以此结束了他简短的讲话。
■He shot an arrow, but it fell short of the target.
他射了一箭,但没有射中靶。
■He finished his work in short order.
他快速而顺利地完成了工作。
■He was jolted out of his lethargy and into action when he realized he had only a short time to finish the article.
他意识到须在很短时间就得把文章写完,立即动手写起来。
■He intends to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food.
他打算每两小时休息一会儿。她将喝一点东西,但不吃任何固体的食物。
■He has two short articles almost ready for publication; they just need to be touched up.
他有两篇差不多可以发表的短文,它们只需稍加润色即可。
■He had a lot to explain, and no time for more than a short meeting. Thus a lengthy briefing had to be telescoped into half an hour.
他有许多要说明的,但又没时间开长会,所以只好把一份长汇报削短成半小时的简介。
■He ran down towards the main road, stopped short when he saw the police car and doubled back up the alley.
他朝大路跑去,见到警车时立即停了下来,然后折身转回胡同里去了。
■He planned to finish the writing assignment that evening but he has come short.
他本来计划当晚完成写作任务,但是没能成功。
■His hair has been cut short.
他的头发已剪短了。
■His achievements had fallen short of his hopes.
他的成就没有达到他期望的那么大。
■His first shot, which fell short, sent up a spurt of earth.
他的第一枪没打中,扬起一股尘土。
■His behaviour falls short of accepted standards.
他的行为没达到公认的标准。
■All his observations were short and to the point.
他的观察报告都很简单扼要。
■He broke short the conversation.
他突然停止了谈话。
■He prefaced the diaries with a short account of how they were discovered.
他给这本日记写了序言,简述日记发现的经过。
■He is famous for his nasty temper.He has a very short fuse.
他脾气坏是出了名的。他很容易激动。
■He can be ruthless in getting what he wants, but I believe he would stop short of blackmail.
他这个人为达到目的是心黑手辣的,但我认为他还不至于使用敲诈手段。
■After a short rest, they took up their knapsacks and went on.
休息了一会儿之后,他们又背起背包上路了。
■But what in case there is short weight or disqualification?
但如果短重或是质量不合格怎么办?
■But the tractors still fall far short of our actual needs.
但拖拉机仍远远跟不上实际需要。
■It doesn't suit you to have your hair cut short.
你不适合剪短发。
■Your work falls short of my expectations.
你的工作未达到我的期望。
■It's not proper for you to catch him up very short.
你突然打断他的话是不恰当的。
■Can you boil down the facts to a short statement?
你能把这些事实写成一个简短的声明吗?