short的用法总结

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中间(打断)

They stopped for a short time to rest the horses.

他们停了一会儿让马休息。

What? You mean I'm too short?

什么?你是说我太矮了?

I cut him shortin the middle of his explanation.

我打断了他的解释。

I took a short cutacross the field to get to school.

我穿过田野抄近路去上学。

Our supplies have fallen short.

我们的供给不足了。

We're running short ofcoffee again.

我们又缺咖啡了。

Your little girl's not short ofconfidence, is she?

你的小女儿不缺乏信心，是吗?

His body is in short of zinc.

他缺锌。

Things couldn't be worse, financially: in short, we're bankrupt.

在经济上，情况不会更糟了：简而言之，我们破产了。

sell yourself short看轻自己

表示一个人没有认识到自己的内在价值，低估自己，多用来鼓励别人：

When you say “no” to new opportunities, you're selling yourself short.

当你对新的机会说“不”时，你就是在看轻自己。

Don't sell yourself short - you've got the skills and the experience.

不要看轻自己-你有技能和经验。

Don't sell yourself short when you go for an interview.

你面试时切勿低估自己。

短语in short, in summary的用法

81. in short简而言之

用法：in short通常用于句首。同义词组有in a word, in brief。

例句：In short, the building would consist of two floors. (2014年6月六级)

简而言之，这栋建筑由两层组成。

语法结构分析：

In short是状语, thebuilding是主语(the是定冠词，作前置定语)， would consist of是谓语， two floors是宾语(two是前置定语)。(2014年6月六级)

82. in summary总的来说，归纳起来

用法：in summary常用于句首或者句中，表示总结。同义词组有on the whole。

例句：In summary, I don’t know how to handle this problem.

简而言之，这栋建筑由两层组成。

83. inthe beginning起初

用法：in thebeginning的位置很灵活，可置于句首、句中或者句尾。同义短语有at the beginning，反义短语有in the end。

例句：In the beginning, he hid his light under abushel in order to avoid the envy of others.

起初，为了避免引起别人的嫉妒，他隐藏了自己的才华。

84. in the future将来

用法：in the future常与将来时连用，在句中用作时间状语。

例句：In the future, they will improve our healthcare, social welfare and standard of living. (2016年6月六级)