Only a short campaign took place in Puerto Rico, but after the war Spain ceded the island to America.
波多黎各岛仅经历了一场短暂的战斗，但大战后西班牙把该岛割让给了美国。
This short novel is the story of a war between two factions that stand in for different segments of Japanese society.
这一短篇小说讲述了一个发生在两个分别代表日本社会一部分的派系之间的冲突。
The attention being paid to Iran, at Columbia and in Washington, is increasing pressure to do something about its fishy nuclear programme-though something short of war.
伊朗于哥伦比亚大学和华盛顿所受瞩目，迫使对其核猫腻有所行动的压力越来越大了——尽管还不会是战争。
In economic matters, he was too prone to sacrifice the long-term good for short-term gain. He seemed curiously incurious about vital details, such as the conduct of the war in Iraq.
在经济方面他过于倾向于牺牲长期利益获得短期回报，让人好奇的是他似乎对于一些事关重要的细节并不好奇，比如指挥伊拉克战争。
For much of the post-war period it was around 8%, and in the short-term it could easily exceed that.
战后的大部分时期，家庭储蓄率都维持在8%左右，短期内，家庭储蓄率很容易超过这个数值。
The armory, in other words, is getting fuller. But war costs money, and money is in short supply at the moment.
换句话说，武器库装的越来越满，但是打仗要花钱，而且此刻钱供应不足。
I guess this is what Hobbes meant by "Nasty, short, and brutish," or whatever the fourth was. I don't remember, but what life was in the Thirty years' War, that was the way it was.
我猜这就是霍布斯所谓的，“污秽不堪，朝不保夕，野蛮不化”，第四个我记不得了，三十年战争时期的生活就是如此。
If we apply the same efforts of scientific mobilization toward social betterment as we do during a war or disaster, large-scale results could be achieved in a relatively short time.
假如我们把同样科学调动的努力应用在改善社会上，如同我们在战争或灾难时做的那样，那么大规模的成效将在相当短的时间内被达成。
Although not short of love results, but in the context of war, it is the only result is perfect results. Hanna and kip are expected spend their life.
短暂的爱情虽得不到结果，但在战争的背景下，那是唯一的结果，也是完美的结果。汉娜和基普都将在期待中度过他们的人生。
As a precursor to the gulf war it had been necessary for the United States and its Allies to move huge amounts of material great distances in what were thought to be impossibly short time-frames.
作为海湾战争的先发者，后勤对于美国及其同盟国的远距离运输大量物资来说是非常必要的，尤其是这种短时间内不太可能成功的运输。
As a result of this remarkable growth, Japan was able to recover from its defeat in the Second World War and to join the upper ranks of the developed countries within a few short decades.
由于这种不同凡响的的快速增长，日本能够在短短的几十年内就从二战的挫败中恢复过来，并且跻身发达国家行列。
The galaxy enjoyed a few short years at peace, during which time Luke focused on the quandaries presented by differing Force philosophies introduced in the Yuuzhan Vong War.
银河系安享了短短几年的和平时光，在此期间，卢克致力于解决遇战疯人战争引起的原力哲学分歧问题。
The prompt required us to read a short story. The short story was about a sniper who was fighting in a war. He met an enemy sniper who was very good also.
这个作文激励赛，要求我们先阅读一个故事：在一次战争中，有一个狙击手遇到了一名劲敌——另一个很出色的狙击手。
In a few short years they lived several lifetimes of danger. As thousands around them fell victim to the horrors of war, they were borne up on angels' Wings sometimes quite literally.
在短短几年中，他们经历了生命中多次的危难，虽在周围有千人受到恐怖战争之害，他们却被安置在天使的翅膀之上，有时候就是这样的！
With the first American and Iraqi units dedicated to the plan due to be in place within weeks, time is short for setting details of what American officers view as the decisive battle of the war.
由于几个星期内，第一批美伊官员恰好致力于制定计划，美国官员用来设定详细方案的时间变得格外紧迫，这些方案被其视为战争的决定因素。
With the first American and Iraqi units dedicated to the plan due to be in place within weeks, time is short for setting details of what American officers view as the decisive battle of the war.
由于几个星期内，第一批美伊官员恰好致力于制定计划，美国官员用来设定详细方案的时间变得格外紧迫，这些方案被其视为战争的决定因素。
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