Successive governments have fought shy of such measures.
一届接一届政府均不愿采取这些措施。
Gasoline now costs an average of $3.15 a gallon, seven cents shy of the record set last May.
汽油现在的平均价格是每加仑3.15美元，仅比去年五月的记录低了七美分。
Just shy of 50, she says she'd never have wanted to do what her mother did—give up a career to raise a family.
年近50的她说，她从来没有想要做母亲做过的事——放弃事业来养家糊口。
He speaks French and German as well as Dutch, but he is shy of using English in public although he is fluent in it.
他能说法语、德语和荷兰语，尽管他的英语说得很流利，但他却羞于在公共场合使用它。
My mother, who is just shy of five feet tall, is normally incredibly soft-spoken, but on the rare occasion when she got angry, she was terrifying.
我的母亲只有不到五英尺高，平时说话非常温和，但极少数生气的时候，她会表现得很可怕。
Leaving locals shy of resources.
当地居民缺少获取棕榈树资源的权利。
He was 12 days shy of his 114th birthday.
黑尔去世时，离他114岁的生日还仅有12天。
That is a big improvement, and just shy of the record 1, 125 billionaires in 2008.
这是一大进步，只比2008年创纪录的1,125位差了一点。
It was faster and did not fight shy of trumpeting the opposition's excellent showing.
此网站对信息的发布更为快捷，对反对派的出色表现不加回避。
But if we propose to think the mind, we must not be quite so shy of its special phenomena.
但我们既然以精神为思考的对象，就不可太回避精神的特殊现象。
And he is never shy of a bold plan, particularly in the run-up to a tight election next spring.
他对大胆的计划从不掩掩藏藏，特别是在明年春天选举准备阶段。
The peak of its pylon is 452 feet high, while the bridge's total length is just shy of a mile.
最高塔架高达452英尺，而桥全长度不足一英里。
Taking such delays into account, the saving rate may still be shy of its peak, but not by much.
考虑到这种因素，储蓄率可能还不到最高点，但也不差多少了。
So 3 days shy of her first birthday, I quit my job, we sold our house and started on our new path.
所以，在她第一个生日的3天前，我辞去了工作，我们卖掉了房子，开始了我们新的生活。
Some men jump off a high bridge and don't get killed, but life insurance underwriters fight shy of that kind.
某个人从一座高桥上跳下，没死成，但是人寿保险公司会离这种人远远的。
The liftoff occurred just one month and two days shy of the 40th anniversary of the first lunar footprints.
在升空发生一个月两天低于40周年，第一个月球的脚印。
The snappily titled SDT750 can film in 3d using a dedicated dual lens, pumping out pics in a quality just shy of HD.
型号为SDT750的摄像机可以使用专用的3D双镜头，提取高质量高清照片。
From that day forward, the Seekers, previously shy of the press and indifferent toward evangelizing, began to proselytize.
从那一天之后，那个从前还不愿在舆论上露面，而且不热衷于传道的团体，开始劝导其他人入教了。
In October, Fred, 102, and Gwen, 101, celebrated their 77th wedding anniversary, and they are not far shy of a record.
去年10月，102岁的佛瑞德和101岁的温格庆祝了他们结婚77年纪念日，未来有可能打破结婚时间最长的世界纪录。
The index closed at 929 on May 8. That's a 37% gain from the March 9 low and just 6 points shy of where it was Jan. 6.
5月8日指数收在929点，离3月9日的低点有了37%的涨幅，比1月6日的点位差了仅仅6点。
Following this same case, working at 85% capacity means assuming that you'll plan to do a little shy of 7 hours of work.
按这样的道理，以“最大能力”的85%按排工作就是每天只计划略少于7小时的工作量。
Meanwhile, budget limits and attrition have left the agency with 118 inspectors - 17 shy of what federal law authorizes.
与此同时，囿于预算限制和人员流失，目前该局仅有118名检查员- - -而其中只有区区17人有联邦法律授权。
After some experience in theater, he landed a role in a soap opera and dropped out of high school just shy of graduation.
在取得一些舞台剧演出经验之后，他获得一个肥皂剧的角色，于是没有等到高中毕业就辍学了。
Then 22 and only a semester shy of graduation, he contacted the American colleges that had accepted him to graduate school.
那时候只有22岁还有一学期就毕业的他联系了已经接受了他做研究生的美国大学。
Personally, I felt nervous about trying to conceive after 35 and wound up having my son just three weeks shy of that milestone.
就我个人来讲，我很担心自己在35岁过后才尝试怀孕，所以在离这个时刻还有三个星期的时候就怀上了我的儿子。
But it is still 120, 000 jobs short of the number working in that sector in 2007, and nearly 400, 000 jobs shy of the level in 2000.
不过，相比2007年，该行业仍然短缺12万份工作；如果和2000年的水平相比，则有40万的差距。
We feel a little shy of it, even awkward-like Joe, the carpenter's son, who's been musing over my orchard gate for the last half-hour.
我们为它感到害羞，甚至难为情。乔，一个木匠的儿子，已经在我的果园门口沉思近半个小时了。
Jacob Barnett of Hamilton County, Ind., who is just weeks shy of his 13th birthday, thinks so. And, he's got the solutions to prove it.
来自哈密尔顿县的JacobBarnett刚过完他的13岁生日，他认为他找到了证明相对论有问题的方法。
Jacob Barnett of Hamilton County, Ind., who is just weeks shy of his 13th birthday, thinks so. And, he's got the solutions to prove it.
来自哈密尔顿县的JacobBarnett刚过完他的13岁生日，他认为他找到了证明相对论有问题的方法。
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