• adj. 人手不足的；有人被罰下場的

來自 short,短的，不足的，hand,手，人手。

short-handed (adj.)

"having too few 'hands,'" 1794, from short (adj.) + -handed. The ice hockey sense is attested from 1939.

1. I use the short-wave radio to get the latest war news.

我用短波收音機收聽最新的戰(zhàn)事新聞。

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2. The letter was short — a simple recitation of their problem.

信寫得很短——只是簡單地說了一下他們的問題。

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3. They've come a long way in a short space of time.

他們在很短的時間之內(nèi)就大老遠(yuǎn)地趕了過來。

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4. There was a net outflow of about ￡50m in short-term capital.

短期資金凈流出額大約為5,000萬英鎊。

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5. I'll run over to Short Mountain and check on Mrs Adams.

我會開車去肖特山看看亞當(dāng)斯夫人。

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