fall short of

亏欠不及格不及不够

fall short of 的定义

  1. Prove inadequate or insufficient. For example, His skills fell short of the required standard. [Late 1500s]

fall short of 近义词

fall short of

等同于 disappoint

更多fall short of例句

  1. As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
  2. Cassandra, whose hair has already begun to fall out from her court-mandated chemotherapy, could face a similar outcome.
  3. According to the USDA, student participation began to fall, with 1.4 million students opting out of the lunch program entirely.
  4. The precision it took to craft such a cohesive, wholly compelling work over 12 years is nothing short of remarkable.
  5. In short, fatherhood gets little attention in policy debates.
  6. Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
  7. Sometimes the stems are quite bare; on other occasions they are partly branched; in any case the branches are short.
  8. Many of their cannon balls that fell far short of us, were collected and returned to them with powerful effect.
  9. He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.
  10. They are ovoid in shape, and lie in pairs, end to end, often forming short chains.