（ii） Have l done anything wrong? Why are you short with me?

　　（10） Short of：缺乏，除了之外

　　（i） Is our country short of manpower?

　　（ii） Dont provoke the rascal who will do anything short of murder.

　　（11） Cutshort：中止

　　As something urgent cropped up, they had to cut the meeting short.

　　（12） Fall short of ones expectations：令人失望

　　The short-listed candidates were good but their experience fall short of our expectations.

　　（13） For short：缩写体

　　He is William, but we can call him Bill for short.

　　（14） Have a short temper：脾气暴躁

　　I have a short temper, especially when speaking to someone devoid of common sense.

　　（15） In short：简言之

　　The hotel accommodation was good, the food was wonderful, and the staff were friendly. In short, we had a good time.

　　（16） In short supply：供应不足

　　Dedicated office staff seem to be in short supply nowadays. Very few have worked until they retire.

　　（17） Nothing short of：简直就是

　　What you have just said is nothing short of a threat.

　　（18） Make short work of：迅速处理

　　Since these letters of inquiry have to go out by tomorrow, we will have to make short work of them.

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