1·There was a short period of uneasy calm after the riot.
动乱之后是令人不安的短暂平静。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·I have never seen such a seismic shift in public opinion in such a short period of time.
我从来没有见过公众舆论在这么短的时间内发生如此突然的转变。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Youth is a relatively short period in one's life.
青年时期是人一生中相对较短的一段时间。
4·"When I planted the fern and bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. Within a short period of time, the fern quickly grew from the earth," the old man went on.
“我用心播种这株蕨类植物和竹子。在很短的时间里，这棵蕨类植物很快就从地里长出来了。”老人继续说。
5·Ebola was so deadly and killed so quickly that within a short period of time, there was no one around to infect.
埃博拉病毒十分致命，致死速度极快，以至于在短时间内，周围没有健康的人可以再被病毒感染。
6·During this relatively short period of time, greater changes in people's living conditions have occurred than in the thousands of years which preceded.
在这相对短暂的时间里，人们的生活条件发生了比之前几千年更大的变化。
7·A flash mob is a group of people who come together suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a short period of time, and then quickly break up.
快闪族，是指一群人突然在公共场所聚集，在短时间内做一些不寻常的事情，然后迅速散开。
8·In the case of Facebook, the company says data may hang around until the URL in question is reused, which is usually "after a short period of time", though obviously that time can vary considerably.
以 Facebook 为例，该公司表示，在该链接被重用之前，数据可能会一直存在，通常是“在很短的时间之后”，不过很明显，这段时间的长度可能很不确定。
9·They have a short period.
他们会经历一个短暂的时期。
10·Even for a short period of time.
即使是很短的时间内。