1、stop short of决定不做某事；未到达；
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“巴菲特规则”中，奥巴马可能不会提出百万富翁最低的税率应该是多少，或新的政策会筹集多少资金JJK&;g[~(Y&.eB9+XU。

2、as a result of由于；作为…的结果
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.
李惠民说：“由于这些努力，我们现在即将结束我们的漫长旅途.bZ5#044h843。 我们的协议涉及到整个经济的许多领域MNEK%vqS0cSoO~irB。