1·The short, meaty reports are those he likes best.
那些简短、内容丰富的报告是他最喜欢的类型。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·The short story is a difficult art form to master.
短篇小说是一种很难掌握的艺术形式。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·Fortunately the short delay gave him time to gather himself.
幸运的是，这短暂的拖延给了他喘息的时间。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·The symbolism of every gesture will be of vital importance during the short state visit.
这次短暂的国事访问中的一举一动都有极其重要的象征意义。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·The short winter day was nearly ended.
短暂的冬日即将结束。
6·Growing food at these elevations is always difficult because of the short growing season.
在这种海拔地区种植粮食总是很困难，因为生长季节短。
7·To do this I have searched through dozens of plays to find the ones that I think best show the power and purpose of the short play.
为了做到这一点，我搜索了几十个剧本，以找到我认为最能体现短剧的力量和目的的剧本。
8·They included "The Round House", by Louise Erdrich, "Salvage the Bones", by Jesmyn Ward and the short story "Corrie" by Alice Munro.
其中包括路易斯·厄德里奇的《圆屋》、杰斯米·沃德的《抢救骨头》和爱丽丝·门罗的短篇小说《科里》。
9·Such changes are all but invisible over the short time scale of modern observations, and, it is argued, they are usually obscured by innumerable gaps in the imperfect fossil record.
这些变化在现代观测短时间范围内几乎是看不见的，而且，有人认为，这些变化常常被不完善的化石记录中的无数空白所掩盖。
10·In the short run, unemployment may fall.
从短期来看，失业率可能降低。
—— 《牛津词典》