| 复合形式： |
| fall short viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (not be satisfactory) | 达不到（要求、目标等）
dá bú dào yāo qiú mù biāo děng |
| | | 不让人满意
bú ràng rén mǎn yì |
| | | 不符合要求
bù fú hé yāo qiú |
| | The boy's grades fell short of his father's expectations. |
| fall short v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (not be sufficient) | 缺乏
quē fá |
| | | 不够
bú gòu |
| | | 不足
bù zú |
| | The amount of water in the reservoir falls short of our targets this year. |
| | 今年水库的储水量没有达到我们的目标。 |