雅思写作高分词组整理 stop short
释义：
stop short 中途停下，停止；突然停止
例句：
When people talk, they don't stop short and language.
当人们说话的时候，他们不会局限于只运用语言。
I start hand gestures but stop short of pointing at the necessary areas.
我继续设法把事情说清楚，开始做手势，只是没敢把手指向那个说明问题的地方。
I may withhold the truth at times, but I stop short of actually telling lies.
我有时候可能不说真话，但事实际上我不至于到说谎地步。
Education is a continuous process which does not stop short this side of the grave.
教育在人的一生中是不断进行的过程。
Oracle appears to be betting that the commission will stop short of blocking the merger.
甲骨文公司看起来要压注欧盟只是短期内阻止合并计划。
Chilblains are only one stop short of frostbite, you know, and occur in all the same places.
你知道，冻疮与冻伤只有一步之遥，而且它们发生的部位全都一样。
He can be ruthless in getting what he wants, but I believe he would stop short of blackmail.
黑手辣的，但我认为他还不至于使用敲诈手段。
Several times I put my thumb on the switch of the flashlight, but each time I stop short of turning it on.
有好几次我都想打开手电筒，但最终没有这样做。
Stop short of bringing the shoulders over the wrists when moving the bodies weight forward from Downward Dog.
当从下犬式将身体重量前移时不要让肩膀超过手腕。
FOR those who stop short of stuffing their mattress with banknotes, money-market funds are meant to be the next best thing.
对于那些没有足够的钱去塞床垫的人来讲，货币市场基金是另一种选择。
For those who stop short of stuffing their mattress with banknotes money-market funds are meant to be the next best thing.
对于那些没有足够的钱去塞床垫的人来讲，货币市场基金是另一种选择。
Around 50% of marriages end in divorce in Western countries and most serious relationships stop short of becoming long-term.
让我们来看，在西方国家有50%的婚姻最终走向离婚，还有很多山盟海誓的情侣在长期生活一段时间后分开了。
The new rules stop short of preferring institutional care to adoption, but that is often what they amount to, in practical terms.
新的条例并没有花太大笔墨对机构式照顾作相应规范，但是在收养实践中，实际碰到的大都是机构式照顾的情形。
After a period of years full of incident we have been compelled to abandon our labours, and to stop short on the road of progress.
经过了几个变化多端的年头，我们不得不搁下我们的工作，在前进的道路上完全停顿下来。
I 1 stop short of saying that they are the soul of a family, because the spirit of those traditions may have been lost over the years.
我不会说传统是一个家庭的灵魂，因为这些年来那些传统的精神可能已经丢失了。
Strive for elegance in designs and code, but sometimes it is better to stop short of the most elegant solution in favor of a simpler one.
在设计和编码时，追求优雅是必要的，但有时候在优雅上少花点时间而更多关注解决方案的简单性，结果可能更好。
Sometimes, it's a spectator who decides to cross the street right in front of runners, making them all stop short and maneuver around them.
这样的一位观众往往是自己决定要横穿过跑道，然后拦在赛跑员的前面，以缠住他们，好让他们全部能够有片刻休息的时间。
Mediocre successes are those that obey this law a little way-that fill in the check with a small amount-but that stop short of big vision in it.
那些成就平平的人只是部分遵循了这个法则，在远大的愿景面前嘎然而止，他们在上面填写的金额就会很小。