| 释义 |
stop short ofNot go as far as (some extreme action): the measures stopped short of establishing direct trade links...- Were you surprised at the charges that the attorney general leveled against him - stopping short of treason, stopping short of something that could have justified the death penalty?
- But the Christie measures stop short of clamping cars whose drivers exceed parking time they have paid for, or who fail to pay.
- He stopped short of actually defending high fuel taxes on environmental grounds, but the link has been made.
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