When his body was cut in two by a lorry in 1995, it was little short of a medical miracle that he lived.
1995年当他的身体被货车一分为二，是近乎医疗奇迹让他活了下来。
Chiu noted that 8% of trips in San Francisco are now made by bike - a little short of the 2010 target of 10%.
邱信福提到，目前自行车出行量占旧金山市交通出行总量的8%，离2010年10%的目标还略有差距。
The fact that he had survived the earthquake was really little short of (or, nothing short of ) being marvelous.
他地震后竟得以幸存，此事实在近乎奇迹。
The closure of petrol stations in country areas would be little short of disastrous for people who live in villages.
关闭农村地区的加油站对生活在乡下的人来说简直就是一种灾难。
I HAVE been feeling a little short of breath on mountain paths lately, and it took me ages to light the barbecue last week.
最近，当我走在山路上，我会感到有些呼吸困难，并且上个礼拜我感到点燃烧烤的炉子总要花上很长时间。
Every matron, old or young, in Atlanta nursed and did it with an enthusiasm that seemed to Scarlett little short of fanatic.
在亚特兰大，每一位或老或少的已婚妇女都在护理伤员，据思嘉看来几乎要发疯了。
He may be embarrassed to acknowledge he's a little short of funds himself, or maybe the money he lends you maybe he just needs too.
他可能不好意思承认自己其实也缺钱，或者他借给你的钱可能他自己也需要。
Finally, I know that father's love isn't sometimes as meticulous as mother's love. Sometimes maybe it is a little short of gentle sense.
我终于明白了，父爱有时虽然不如母爱细致，有时也可能会少一点温柔，但父爱深沉而厚重的。
At one moment, she seemed fascinating to me, at the next, a little short of revolting; I found it hard to understand my own ambivalent reactions.
在这一刻，我似乎对她很着迷，而在下一刻，我似乎对她又有点厌恶；我发现我很难理解自己矛盾的反应。
To many Afrikaners, who have grown up playing rough games on sun-baked ground so hard that every tumble draws blood, rugby is little short of everything.
许多南非白人从小就在大太阳下玩着各种激烈游戏，一摔跤就要出血，橄榄球对于他们而言几乎就是一切。
So conditioned are most of us to association of success with money that the thought of giving up a good salary for an idea seemed little short of insane.
在大家看来，要把成功跟金钱链到一起是需要一定条件的，所以为了一个信念放弃一份相当可观的薪水似乎有些愚蠢。
If they fell a little short of this, it was not their fault, for no one could take out of her heart the ache that throbbed whenever Ashley's name was mentioned.
如果他们有一点点没有做到，那也不能怪他们，因为她每次一听见谈起艾希礼的名字就要心悸，而这种痛苦是谁也无法帮她去掉的。
The Fed's preferred price gauge, the core personal-consumption deflator, went up by 2.4% in the year to October, only a little short of the fastest pace for a decade.
美联储偏爱的价格量尺，核心个人消费支出平减指数，到今年10月份上升了2.4%，与十年来的峰值只差一步之遥。
To live in a strange house with strange people is little short of torture, while the height of bliss is to receive the kind looks of women, and never to be slighted by them.
和一群陌生人同住在陌生的房子中丝毫不亚于受到百般折磨，而最大的欣慰也不过是被其中的女人投以慈爱的目光而非受到她们的诃责。
Li He s poetry is famous for its particular characteristics of cold beauty, obscurity and fantasy, which are largely influenced by his psychological characters little short of being abnormal.
李贺诗歌以其奇崛冷艳、朦胧晦涩、虚幻荒诞的独特个性而著称，这在很大程度上是受其近乎病态心理个性的影响。
"Now my elephant has a short nose instead of a trunk," said Xiao Yao, "It looks like a little dog with big ears."
“现在我的大象不是长鼻子，而是短鼻子，”小姚说，“它看起来像一只长着大耳朵的小狗。”
I climbed to the top of a small rise and realised that the mist was little more than a few feet deep, and though it was only a short climb, I found myself completely above it and looking at a wonderfully clear view of Skiddaw with the sun setting in the west.
我爬到一个小山坡的顶部，发现薄雾只有几英尺深，虽然只是小段的攀登，但我发现自己完全位于雾气的上方，伴着夕阳西下，我看到了斯基多峰非常清晰的景色。
So many years after her death, this humble creature she could help to restore a little sanity in a world that seems to have run short of it.
在死去许多年之后，这个卑微的生灵或许可以帮助我们在这个快要失去理智的世界里找回一点点清醒。
So I know a little something about getting a lot accomplished in a short amount of time.
正因如此，对于用尽可能少的时间来做尽可能多的事我还是略有心得的。
In the short run, there is little scope for increasing the supply of corn in response to a global increase in demand.
与需求的全球性增长相比，短期内玉米供应的增长空间有限。
"You have to be more patient than anything you have heard or read about," Dr. Raglin said. "People are indoctrinated with what they can achieve in a short time with a little bit of work."
Raglin说，“你必须比你听到或读到的任何事都要更有耐心，人们被灌输了做少许工作、在短时间之内能完成什么的思想。”
But all paths and common sense led back to our little beach, a short walk from the house on the western side of the island.
倒是所有的小路和常识都可以引导我们回到我们的小海滩，它距离小岛西边的住房只需走一小段路。
Perhaps, to appease the opposition a little, the NEC could declare a short postponement of the election to sort out some of the irregularities.
或许，为了平息一点点反对方的情绪，国家选举委员会可以宣布为清理出违规行为短暂地推迟选举。
I've compiled a short list of simple little things that you could do everyday to show a little self-love.
我曾整理过一个清单，都是一些简单的小事，你可以每天做一点，展现对自己的小小爱护。
But since Mr Obama has such a short record in public life, voters have little to go on but their perception of his personality.
但是，由于奥巴马的公共生活记录太短暂了，除了感受他的人格，选民能过细的很少。
But since Mr Obama has such a short record in public life, voters have little to go on but their perception of his personality.
但是，由于奥巴马的公共生活记录太短暂了，除了感受他的人格，选民能过细的很少。
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