1. be short of something （某事）不够；缺乏（事物）
The hospital is getting short of clean linen.
这医院现在缺少干净的被服用品。
How is be short of potassium caused?
缺钾是怎么引起的？
Otherwise you'll be short of money all term.
否则你整个一学期都将缺钱。
2. as soon as 一……就……
The county should pave it as soon as possible.
县政府应该赶快把路铺设起来。
The farmer gets up as soon as he hear the first cockcrow .
一听到第一声公鸡的啼叫这位农民就起床了。
As soon as she finished speaking, I somehow turned into a dog!
她的话才刚说完，我就真的莫名其妙地变成一只狗了！
3. depend on 取决于；依赖；依靠
The future health of Americans may depend on it.
未来美国人的健康就可能依赖于此了。
I depend on them deeply—to do what they usually do.
我深深地在依靠它们——做通常它们会做的事。
The solution thus must depend on future performance.
因此，解决方案必须基于未来的表现。
