short-short

The hotel he recommended fell far short of our expectations.

推荐的饭店与我们心目中的相去甚远。

He was brought up short.

突然停了下来。

Some states have only brief legislative sessions—as short as 30 calendar days this year in Virginia, and 45 in Utah— that leave little time for gimmickry.

有些州只有简短的立法会议-维吉尼亚（Virginia）的今的日程表只有短短的30天，犹州（Utah）是45天-短到没时间引起公众的反应。