The car broke down when we were still five miles SHORT OF our destination,为什么要用SHORT OF ,
问题描述：
The car broke down when we were still five miles SHORT OF our destination,为什么要用SHORT OF ,
答
short of
1．not having enough 不足；缺少
*We did not buy anything because we were short of money．我们因为缺钱，就什么也没买。
*I must stop a bit．I'm short of breath．我得歇一歇，我喘不过气来了。
2．away from 远离…；距离
*The day's drive still left us a hun dred miles short of the ocean．车跑了一天，我们离海边还有一百英里。
答
short of,一般是缺少,不足的意思
这里联系句子,就可以知道是“离我们的目的还差5公里”即 离.还差.的意思