Last year's figures were little short of disastrous.

去年的数字简直是灾难。

《牛津词典》

I am a little short of ideas at present.

我现在几乎快想出一些点子了。

youdao

Our escape was little short of miraculous.

我们能够逃出来简直是奇迹。

youdao

"I think Dubai went a little bit too fast and they borrowed too much money in a very short period of time."

VOA: special.2009.12.04

I won't read it since we're running a little short of time.

我就不读了,我们剩的时间不太多了。

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More than one-hundred men from every part of the United States had come to that little camp stopping there for a short time on their way to getting rich.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

They believe that Andrew Lansley's presentation of the changes has been little short of calamitous.

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That makes it an increase of something like 500 times in a little short of 50 years.

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For five years oil refiners have been coining money, as capacity fell just a little short of demand.

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