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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。

Why don't you take a leaf out of Anne's book and have your hair cut shorter?

你为什么不效法安妮,也把头发剪短些 呢 ?

Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in his favour.

今天距离稍短的赛跑可能会对他占据优势大有助益。

Blue light has a shorter wavelength than red.

蓝光的波长比红光的短。

Shorter hemlines are back in this season.

本季又重新时兴较短的衣裙。

The car is some 40mm shorter than its predecessor.

这辆轿车比原先的车型短了约40毫米。

The shorter children are to sit at the front.

个子矮的孩子坐在前边.

Jack is shorter than Tom by a head.

杰克比汤姆矮一头.

The articles are noticeably shorter with strong headlines and graphics.

这些文章明显短了许多，并且配上了醒目的标题和图表。

He made short work of his lunch.

他三下两下吃完午饭。

All candidates will be required to take a short test.

所有候选者都要参加一次小测验。

Bess was self-conscious about being shorter than her two friends.

贝丝因比她的两个朋友个子都矮而感到很不自在。

The fact remains that we are still two teachers short.

实际情况是我们还缺少两名教师。

Money was short at that time.

那时候，钱紧缺。

A cover letter should never exceed one page; often a far shorter letter will suffice.

附信不应超过一页，通常来说，一封相对非常简短的信就足够了。

This was the best room we could get at such short notice.

这是我们临时能弄到的最好的房间了。

The days get shorter after the Summer Solstice.

过了夏至,天就开始变短.

Tactical nuclear weapons have shorter ranges.

战术核武器的威力范围较小。

Many factories are switching over to a shorter working week.

很多工厂都在减少每周的工作日数.

Automation would bring a shorter, more flexible working week.

自动化会使工作周缩短，也更为灵活。

Small children have a very short attention span.

幼儿的注意力持续时间很短。

It's also possible that for some yet-unknown reason, women with shorter telomeres are more likely than women with longer ones to have children, Pollack said.

研究人员们无法确定生孩子与更短的端粒长度之间，哪一个先出现。波莱克说，有可能出于某些未知的原因，端粒更短的女性比端粒更长的女性更有可能生孩子。

I'd never let you go short of anything.

我什么都不会让你缺的。

If you set the boy among those tall children, he looks even shorter.

你若让这孩子站在高大的孩子中, 他看上去显得更矮.

They had achieved a lot in a short space of time.

他们在短时间内取得了很大的成绩。

There are two versions of the game, a long one and a short one.

这游戏有两个版本，一长一短。

Just two short years ago he was the best player in the country.

就在两年前，他还是全国最优秀的运动员呢。

The government is long on ideas but short on performance.

这个政府想法很多但执行的却太少。

I'm afraid I'm a little short this month.

这个月我恐怕手头有点紧。

I was still in short trousers at the time.

我那时还在穿着短裤呢。