The coat is a little short in the sleeves.

那外衣的袖子稍短了些。

People were short in those days – or else those military uniforms all shrank in the wash!

那个年代人们很矮–要么就是那些军装在洗涤时全都缩水了！

He is short in stature.

他身材矮小。

Remember that food is also short in the desert.

不要忘了，在沙漠中食物也是很缺乏的。

Time is short in that you have to move very quickly.

时间又是短暂的，因为你必须时常做出改变。

The Shanghai World Expo 2010 comes up short in that respect.

而2010年上海世博会在这方面就相形见绌了。

If you have a short in your electrical system, call an electrician.

如果你的线路短路了，那就叫个电工来。

Yet the strategy continues to fall short in a couple of key areas.

然而这种战略却接二连三地在几个关键领域捉襟见肘。

Go with a layered look that is short in front but long in the back!

头发要剪出层次感，前长后短。

Those higher energy ion collisions are short in duration but long on heat.

那些更高能态的离子对撞在持续时间上很短，但是对撞产生的热量却会持续很久。

He describes a "minefield" of 6 ways he's seen agile fall short in a UX sense.

他从用户体验的角度出发，描述了自己所见过的、敏捷出现问题的6种“雷区”。

If the light remains on, there is probably a short in the warning light circuit.

如果告警灯还是亮的，那就有可能是是告警灯电路发生短路。

However, they fall short in creating superclusters with the size, morphology and distribution of SCl 126.

然而，这些模型在解释sci 126那样的尺寸、形态和分布情况的超星系团时却不合适。

Somebody's love comes short in her case, obviously: whose, I may guess; but, perhaps, I shouldn't say. '.

显然，有人不再爱她了；是谁，我可以猜得出；但也许我不该说。

However, we think it falls short in several aspects, including Unicode support and flexibility of data typing.

但是，我们认为它在几个方面(包括Unicode支持和数据类型的灵活性)还存在着不足。

Brother Elder says Harve was too free with the old man's money — fell short in filial consideration, maybe.

埃尔德老兄说哈维花老头子的钱太随便——可能不够孝顺。

Commercial relational database management systems (DBMSs) address those issues but fall short in other areas.

商业关系数据库管理系统(DBMS)解决了这些问题，但是在其他方面有所欠缺。

Atomic transactions are typically short in duration and commonly require a high level of trust between participants.

原子事务一般持续时间较短，通常要求参与者之间具有很高级别的信任。

For instance, if a product is expected to be short in supply, should the company put on an extra shift or outsource?

例如，如果某产品预计会出现供应短缺的情况，公司是否应该加班弥补或者将工作外包？

Twitter holds messages to 140 characters, which is quite short in English, especially if users want to include a URL.

Twitter把信息控制在140字符，这在英文中是很短的，尤其是如果用户还想加入一个链接。

Failing to buy Yahoo! Leaves Microsoft well short in its bid to go after the ultimate champion of the Internet: Google.

未能买下雅虎意味着微软在与互联网终级霸主——谷歌的竞争上少了些筹码。

That vision of public education is a compelling one, although America has often fallen short in its pursuit of the ideal.

尽管美国在追求这个理想时常常达不到要求，但是这样一幅公立教育的画面却引人入胜。

She tried nine sports over two years, settled on cycling, but fell just short in her quest to make the United States team.

在两年里她尝试过九项体育项目，最后选择了自行车，但最终以微弱的差距失去了入选美国国家队的机会。

Some states have also tried in recent years to relax or remove limits on the length of sessions, but they remain short in many places.

近年来，一些州也尝试着松动或移除对会议长度的限制，而在很多地方，会议的时间一直很短。

Because once September comes, all heck usually breaks loose and time once again becomes a quantity much in demand, but short in supply.

9月份来了，一切失去控制，时间再次大量需求，但却供应不足。

They predict world number one team Brazil will fall short in South Africa because of a tougher route through to the final than their main rivals.

据预测，世界排名第一的巴西队在南非世界杯上恐怕无缘冠军，因为与他们的主要竞争对手相比，巴西队晋级决赛的道路更为艰难。