释义
less than
少于；不足
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he died at sixty-one, four years short of his pensionable age .他６１岁去世，离他领养老金还差４年。
not reaching as far as
未达到
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a rocket failure left a satellite tumbling in an orbit far short of its proper position .火箭故障导致一颗卫星在远离正常位置的轨道上翻滚。
without going so far as (some extreme action)
除（某种极端行为）以外
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short of putting out an all-persons alert, there's little else we can do .除了发布让所有的人都处于戒备状态的命令以外，我们别无选择。
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