プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
たりない【足りない】
❶〔不十分な〕
お金が足りなくなりそうだ
We may run short of money.
お金が1万円足りない
I am ten thousand yen short.
最近商店では人手が足りない
These days stores 「are short-handed [are short of help].
1か月に3日足りない
It is three days short of a month.
取るに足りない
⇒とる(取る)
規定の年齢に2か月足りない
I am two months under the required age.
これでは足代にも足りない
This will not cover even the transportation expenses.
これではコーヒー代にも足りない
This is not enough for even a cup of coffee./One can't even buy a cup of coffee with this.
いすが2脚足りない
We need two more chairs.
数学の力が足りない
I am 「weak in [poor at] mathematics.
君は経験が足りない
You don't have enough experience./you lack (the necessary) experience.
互いに足りないところを補ってやっていこう
Let's work together, each of us making up for what the other lacks.
❷〔鈍い〕dull;〔愚かな〕stupid