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儒琴英语词组（English Phrase of the Day）
stop short of
英文解释
To stop or be stopped just before doing or reaching something； If you stop short of doing or saying something, you decide not to do or say it although you almost do; not go as far as (some extreme action); to almost or partially do something but stop before going through with or completing it.
中文解释
没有做，虽然想去做；险些做出某事；在想做某事情前停止了（没有去做这件事）
原文举例
Justin Trudeau stops short of condemning Trump over comments and alleged behaviour.
贾斯汀·特鲁多没有对特朗普的言论和所谓的行为进行谴责。
Texas Farmers are Fed Up With Trump’s Trade War, but Most Stop Short of Blaming Him.
Trump says Google, Amazon, and Facebook may be ‘very antitrust’ but stops short of calling for a breakup of the firms.
得克萨斯州农民受够了特朗普的贸易战，但大多数人都没有指责他。
Comey will stop short of saying Trump obstructed justice in Flynn probe, source says. At a meeting of oil ministers in Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Russia and their allies stopped short of promising specific extra volumes of crude.
消息人士称，科米不会说特朗普妨碍了弗林调查的司法公正。在阿尔及利亚举行的石油部长会议上，沙特阿拉伯、俄罗斯及其盟友没有承诺增加具体的原油产量。
With the kingdom facing mounting international pressure, prosecutors have pointed the finger at some members of the crown prince’s inner circle but stopped short of accusing them of ordering Khashoggi’s killing.
随着沙特面临越来越大的国际压力，检察官将矛头指向王储核心集团的一些成员，但没有指控他们下令杀害卡舒吉。
Trump called the “crime” against Khashoggi “terrible” and “one that our country does not condone.
But he again stopped well short of pointing blame at Saudi Arabia — despite NBC News and other reports last week that the CIA concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered Khashoggi’s killing — and cast questions over who killed the journalist.
特朗普称针对卡舒吉的“罪行”是“可怕的”，“我们的国家不会宽恕的罪行”。但他再次没有指责沙特阿拉伯——尽管NBC新闻和其他媒体上周报道称，美国中央情报局得出结论，沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼下令杀害了卡舒吉——并提出了杀害这名记者的凶手的问题
