不及

bù jíㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ
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Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    to fall short of

  2. 2

    not as good as

  3. 3

    too late

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你最好乘出租車去,不然可能會趕不及。

You ought to go by taxi, or you might not get there in time.

「喂,宿舍甚麼時候鎖門?」「九點。」「糟了,我們不跑回去的話就趕不及了!」

"Hey, when do the dorms lock up?" "9 o'clock." "Whoops, if we don't run we won't make it!"

不,如果不從現在開始練習,就來不及了 。

No, if you do not start practising from now onwards, it would be too late.

一個傻瓜問出的問題,能多到連十個智者都顧不及回答。

One idiot can ask more questions than ten wise men can answer.

我們的腦袋都不及他的肩膀吧,他的身高肯定不矮於六呎半。

I don't think any of our heads would have come up to his shoulder, and I am sure that he could not have measured less than six and a half feet.

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