go short of

基本解释

He never allowed his wife to go short of anything she wanted.
他从不会让他妻子缺少任何她想要的东西。
The environment can hardly afford the large population which made China go short of resources.
人口众多、资源相对不足、环境承载力较弱，是我国的基本国情。
Industrial countries need never go short of food because of crop failure, since they can always afford to buy enough on world markets .
工业国决不会因作物歉收而缺乏粮食，因为它们总有能力在国际市场上买到足够的粮食。

Nixon expressed a lot of frustration at short selling, citing the lengthy process companies go through to issue shares of stock when short sellers can "create another 11 million shares" almost instantly.
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President SHIMON PEREZ (Israel): I can't think of any other nation that in such a relatively short period of 60 years to go through seven wars, two intifadas, being inferior in numbers and qualities - in quantities, and so right. (unintelligible) I know there are people criticizing us here and there.
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As of now, they are still well short of covering all of the goods and services that go into the CPI.
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