fall short 详细解释

fall short

vi. 不合格(不足)

不符合标准(或要求)

Your work falls short of my expectations.

你的工作没有达到我的期望。

词义辨析

同义参见:

fail  lack  abort  

英英释义

动词 fall short:

fail to meet (expectations or standards)

同义词:come short

补充

fall shortfall short1.缺乏;不足;达不到(目标);不符合

例句

1. The supply fell short.供给不足。 2. She took careful aim,but her arrow fell short.她仔细瞄准,但箭没有击中目标。 3. "In comparison to her previous novel, this one falls short. [=this one is not as good]"与她的上一部小说相比,这部小说要逊色一些。 4. Her current book falls short of her previous novel.她现在的这部书没她上一部小说写得好。 5. The cruise fell short of our expectations. [=the cruise was not as good as we expected it to be]这次乘船游览没有我们预想的好。 6. Their efforts fell short.他们的努力失败了。 7. Their efforts fell (far) short of (achieving) their goal.他们虽然努力了,但(远)没有达到目标。