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While it is likely to call for the practice to be a criminal offence in the worst cases of abuse, it is expected to stop short of suggesting harmonised jail sentences across the EU.

虽然有可能提出，在严重违反相关规定的情况下，雇用非法移民的行为被界定为刑事犯罪，但预计它将不会建议统一全欧盟的监禁判决。

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When people talk, they don't stop short and language.

当人们说话的时候，他们不会局限于只运用语言。

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They stop short of doing anything with this belief.

有了这种想法，他们什么事都不做了。

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I'm afraid I'm going to have to stop you short there, as time is running out.

时间快到了，恐怕我得就此打断你了。

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The first reason to believe Iran might stop short of closing the Strait is simply because such a move would fail.

认为伊朗应该不会封锁霍尔木兹海峡的第一个原因很简单，因为这个举动会失败。

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After a period of years full of incident we have been compelled to abandon our labours, and to stop short on the road of progress.

经过了几个变化多端的年头，我们不得不搁下我们的工作，在前进的道路上完全停顿下来。

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While these are great frameworks, they stop short of agile development for rich Internet applications.

尽管这些都是非常好的框架，但是它们对于RIA应用开发并不擅长。

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She wouldn't stop short of stealing if she thought it would help her children.

如果她认为偷窃能救助她的子女，她也会毫不犹豫地去干的。

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Mr Obama will strengthen military ties to the Philippines on his visit this week, although the agreement will stop short of reopening US military bases there.

奥巴马将在本周的访问中强化美国与菲律宾的军事关系，尽管双方的协议将不会涉及美国在菲重开军事基地的内容。

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Short, deep through, broad skull, very pronounced cheek muscles, distinct stop, short foreface, black nose.

短 、 相当深, 脑袋宽, 面颊的咬合肌非常发达, 明显的止部, 口吻短, 鼻镜为黑色.

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However, Mr Putin suggested that such efforts would stop short of full capital controls, which have been under discussion in policy circles.

不过，普京表示，俄罗斯不会实行全面的资本管制，政策圈子已讨论过这种措施。

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The car stop short only a few inch from where I stand.

汽车突然停在离我仅几英寸的地方。

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To stop short and turn restively from side to side ; balk.

徘徊不前停止不前且踌躇不前; 畏缩不前.

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We will never stop short of goal.

我们不达目的,决不罢休.

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Strive for elegance in designs and code, but sometimes it is better to stop short of the most elegant solution in favor of a simpler one.

在设计和编码时，追求优雅是必要的，但有时候在优雅上少花点时间而更多关注解决方案的简单性，结果可能更好。

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A clock does not stop short at the precise moment when the key is lost.

挂钟不会正在钥匙丢失的那会儿突然停摆的。

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But with rational explanations hard to come by, investors should stop short of making big moves out of equities, Mr. Stovall says.

但斯托瓦尔指出，对于美股的九月厄运，由于很难找到合理的解释，投资者也不应大举做空股票。

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In fact, the submission appears to stop short of taking such an extreme position.

事实上, 屈服看起来能缓解如此这般极端的状况.

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At first I was a little worried the movie would stop short of being just a pretty romance.

最初我有些担心这部电影，它只是一个极其浪漫的故事。

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I may not like her but I would stop short of calling her names.

我可能不喜欢她,但我不会再骂她了.

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To stop short and turn restively from side to side; balk.

徘徊不前停止不前且踌躇不前；畏缩不前

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I may withhold the truth at times, but I stop short of actually telling lies.

我有时候可能不说真话, 但事实上我不至于到说谎的地步.

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But the only imperfect thing is that this movie confines its criticism to a boundary of dichotomy, which makes the movie stop short of constructive values.

稍有遗憾的是，该作品对男性中心主义问题的审视还没能跳出二元对立的性别框架，这就使得该作品虽然有了批判的深度，但却缺少了建设的价值。

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He wouldn't stop short at murder.

即使杀人他都干得出来.

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But he does say that the United States will stop short of sending in troops on the ground.

但他表示美国将停止派遣地面部队。

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There is just enough validity in the idea for it to stop short of mental derangement.

这种观点尤其受到那些自认为拥有此种才能的人的追捧,但离精神错乱不过是一步之遥.

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Some Chinese hawks stop short of saying Okinawa should be Chinese, suggesting it is enough to promote the idea that the archipelago should be independent from Japan.

中国一些鹰派人士还没有说出冲绳应该归于中国。他们暗示，只用鼓吹冲绳群岛应从日本独立出来就够了。

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Education is a continuous process which does not stop short this side of the grave.

教育在人的一生中是不断进行的过程。

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That suggests it may yet stop short of becoming a global killer.

这说明它或许还不至于成为一个全球杀手。

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Will the city council actually stop short of increasing taxes?

市议会真地不会采取增加税收的措施 吗 ?

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