run short

英 [rʌn ʃɔːt]

美 [rʌn ʃɔːrt]

网络  用完; 缺少; 短缺; 不足

经济

英英释义

verb

• to be spent or finished
  1. The money had gone after a few days
  2. Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest
  Synonym:run lowgo

双语例句

• The nervousness about Chinese energy demand was exacerbated yesterday when officials said 32 power plants had been forced to close because of coal shortages, the second time this year the power industry has run short of coal.
  市场对中国能源需求的紧张昨日有所加剧。中国官员称，由于煤炭短缺，32家电厂被迫停产。这是中国电力行业今年第二次遭遇煤炭短缺。
• They run short of money during the tour, and their return be Inevitable.
  他们在旅途中用光了钱，因此返回是不可避免的。
• This is the happy challenge faced by the Asian Development Bank, which will run short of customers as one country after another reaches middle-income status.
  这正是亚洲开发银行（AsianDevelopmentBank）面临的可喜挑战。随着一个又一个国家相继达到中等收入水平，亚行将面临客户短缺的问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• Airports and ports often run short of warehouse space.
  机场和港口的仓储能力常常不足。
• Super crops won't be enough& the planet will run short of food by2030 unless we invest to avoid an imminent world water crisis, says Colin Chartres.
  ColinChartres说，只有超级作物并不够&到2030年地球将缺乏粮食，除非我们投入资金以避免巨大的世界水危机。
• 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。
• Did he run short distances or long distances?
  他跑短跑还是长跑？
• The French strikes are causing serious disruption to the economy, with a threat that the country could soon run short of petrol.
  法国罢工对经济造成了严重干扰，甚至可能很快就会让经济陷入停滞。