The announcement was made a short time ago.

通告是不久前才宣布的。

How could you do it in such a short period of time?.

你是怎么在如此短的时间里做到的？

Mr Annan took a short break before resuming his schedule.

安南先生在继续自己的工作前先短暂休息了一下。

Kemp gave a short laugh.

肯普笑了一声。

We had a short meeting.

我们开了个短会。

For a few short weeks there was peace.

有过短短几周的和平。

Only five short years later, your money will have grown by $94,000.

仅短短 5 年时间后，你的钱就会增多 94,000 美元。

They were performing a short extract from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona.

他们正表演莎士比亚剧作《维洛那二绅士》中的一个片段。

This is a short note to say thank you.

这是一封简短的致谢信。

I'm tall and thin and he's short and fat.

我又高又瘦，他又矮又胖。

...a short, elderly woman with grey hair.

头发灰白的矮个子老妇人

He's the shortest of four brothers.

他是四兄弟中个子最矮的。

The city centre and shops are only a short distance away.

市中心和商店离得很近。

A short flight of steps led to a grand doorway.

一段短短的台阶通向一个气派的大门口。

His black hair was very short.

他的黑发很短。

Her father's illness left the family short of money. [+ of]

她父亲的病造成家里经济拮据。

Government forces are running short of ammunition and fuel.

政府军的弹药和燃料都快用完了。

Supplies of everything are unreliable, food is short.

各种补给都不稳定，食品也短缺。

Time is running short.

快没时间了。

He stopped a hundred yards short of the building. [+ of]

他在离大楼 100 码处停下了。

So what happens if the Socialists top the poll but fall short of an absolute majority?.

那么如果社会党人得票领先却又未达到绝对多数，那会怎么样呢？

Inflation is just short of 11 per cent.

通货膨胀接近 11％。

They were still 91 short of their target.

他们离目标还差 91。

Short of climbing railings four metres high, there was no way into the garden from this road.

除非爬过 4 米高的栏杆，否则从这条路没办法进到园子里。

They have no means, short of civil war, to enforce their will upon the minorities.

他们只有通过内战才能将意志强加给少数派。

His glittering career was cut short by a heart attack.

他辉煌的事业因心脏病发作而被迫终止。

Jackson cut short his trip to Africa.

杰克逊提前结束了他的非洲之行。

His voice stopped short as he saw the blade emerge from Desmond's pocket.

当他看到从德斯蒙德口袋里露出的刀刃时，他突然不吭声了。

Her friend Kes (short for Kesewa) was in tears. [+ for]

她的朋友凯斯(凯茜娃的简称)眼泪汪汪。

'O.O.B.E.' is short for 'Out Of Body Experience'. [+ for]

O.O.B.E. 是 Out Of Body Experience (身外体验)的缩略形式。

...an awkward, self-conscious woman with a short temper.

脾气暴躁、笨拙又忸怩的女人

She seemed nervous or tense, and she was definitely short with me. [+ with]

她似乎很焦虑，抑或是很紧张，对我明显很不客气。

Opposite me was a woman called Jasminder (Jazzy for short).

我对面是一位名叫贾丝明德(简称杰丝)的女子。

This condition is called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD for short.

这种病情叫做季节性情感失调症，或简称 SAD。

Some people may manage their finances badly and therefore have to go short of essentials. [+ of]

有些人可能极不善于理财，因而不得不缺衣少食地将就过活。

Try tennis, badminton or windsurfing. In short, anything challenging.

试试网球、羽毛球或帆板运动吧。总之，只要是有挑战性的。

She was surrounded by doctors, lawyers, housewives — people, in short, like herself.

她被医生、律师、家庭主妇—总之是一群像她一样的人—所包围着。

The results are nothing short of magnificent.

结果非常不错。

His last visit to Washington was little short of a fiasco.

他最近对华盛顿的访问几乎是一场惨败。

He was very short on enthusiasm.

他太缺乏热情。

The proposals were short on detail.

这些提议缺少细节。

He stopped short of explicitly criticizing the government.

他几乎要直言批评政府了。

The resolution stopped short of an outright declaration of independence.

这项决议几乎成为公开的独立宣言。

Workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand.

因需求量大幅下降，全国的工人都开工不足。

Most manufacturers have had to introduce short-time working.

大多数制造商不得不推行短工时工作制。

The name on the gate pulled me up short.

大门上的名字让我突然停了下来。

Agassi made short work of his opponent.

阿加西干净利落地击败了对手。