| 词汇 | fall short |
| 释义 | fall short 1 : to fail to be as good or successful as expected or hoped for未达到预期；不符合要求 In comparison to her previous novel, this one falls short. [=this one is not as good]与她的上一部小说相比，这部小说要逊色一些。 — often + of Her current book falls short of her previous novel.她现在的这部书没她上一部小说写得好。 The cruise fell short of our expectations. [=the cruise was not as good as we expected it to be]这次乘船游览没有我们预想的好。 2 : to fail to reach a goal失败；未达目的 Their efforts fell short.他们的努力失败了。 — often + of Their efforts fell (far) short of (achieving) their goal.他们虽然努力了，但（远）没有达到目标。 fall |
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