They kept us on short Commons.

他们使我们伙食短缺。

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We were kept on short Commons during the siege.

我们被围困时缺乏粮食。

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Tell them they must make the food last. We'll all be on short Commons if the supply ship doesn't get through on time.

告诉他们必须使食物多维持些时间。如果供应船不能按时来到，我们都要挨饿。

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The daughters of those rotifers which had been fed as much as they could eat lived for 9.5 days if treated likewise (not significantly different from their mothers) and 14.4 if put on short commons.

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