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1.短语short for意思是“……是……的简略形式”,或“……简称为……”,用be short for结构表达。

UN is short for the United Nations.

UN是联合国的缩略形式。

Will is short for William.

威尔是威廉的简称。

把short for倒过来,for short意思是“简略地”或“简化地”,相当于副词。如:

His name is James. We call him Jim for short.

他的名字叫James。我们简称他为Jim。

short of
1、Having an inadequate supply of:
…供给不够的:
We're short of cash.
我们现在现金不足
2、Less than:
少于:
Nothing short of her best effort was required to make the team.
要组成一个队她必须全力以赴
3、Other than; without resorting to:
除…以外;没有诉诸于:
Short of yelling at him, I had no other way to catch his attention.
除了大声向他喊叫,我真想不出还有什么办法能引起他的注意
4、Not quite willing to undertake or do; just this side of:
不是很愿意承担或做…;差点要做…:
She stopped short of throwing out the old photo.
她差点要把旧照片扔掉了
the short end of the stick
The worst side of an unequal deal.
处于劣势的:一不平等事物的最坏的一面

初二英语第一单元
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