| 单词 | to fall short of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fall short of b. to fall short of. extracted from shortadj.n.adv. (a) To fail to reach or obtain (an object, wages, etc.); to fail in performing (one's duty). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > fail to reach or attain to fail of?c1225 to fall short of1590 to fly short of1646 trail1957 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > fail to satisfy expectation, etc. > fall short of to come short of1570 to fall short of1590 undershoota1661 desert1664 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 21 b The matches..fall..short of the pannes and powder. 1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 111 The souldiers falling short of their hopes were extremely offended. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §101 The workmen should on no occasion fall short of the common wages of the country. 1890 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Suspense II. v. 114 He fell lamentably short of his duty. (b) To fail of attaining to (a certain amount, degree, level, or standard); not to reach the same amount, etc. as. Also †to fall short to. ΚΠ 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iii. sig. Bb2 They fall too short of our fraile reckonings. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 88 They..will fall short to our expectation. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. iv. §1 The other Prophets fell so much short of Moses. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 202 They fell short of the number they told us of. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 61. ¶5 Though they excel later Writers in Greatness of Genius, they fall short of them in Accuracy. 1746 J. Hervey Refl. Flower-garden 44 in Medit. among Tombs A Felicity, that never falls short of the very Perfection of Elegance. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation iii. iii. 455 The income..fell greatly short of the expenditure. < as lemmas |
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