1、stop short of決定不做某事;未到達;
On the Buffett Rule, for example, the president is likely to stop short of saying what the minimum tax rate should be for millionaires or how much money the new policy would raise.
例如,在“巴菲特規則”中,奧巴馬可能不會提出百萬富翁最低的稅率應該是多少,或新的政策會籌集多少資金 。
2、as a result of由于;作為…的結果
As a result of these efforts, now we are about to finishing our long journey ... Our deal has far reached many fields for the whole economy.
李惠民說:“由于這些努力,我們現在即將結束我們的漫長旅途 。 我們的協議涉及到整個經濟的許多領域 。