There are four kinds of echidnas: three species are long-nosed, while another has a short nose.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

If we have a high frequency, what about the wavelength, long or short? All right. Good. So we should always be able to keep these relationships in mind.

如果频率高，那波长是长还是短？,好，不错，我们要记住这些关系,类似的。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

It consists of a promise to pay, usually denominated in currency, and there are both long-term and short-term debt instruments.

是一种付款承诺,通常是货币支付形式,有长期债券,以及短期债券

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Whatever he is called, he is still the same short,fat, jolly old man with a long beard, wearing a red suit with white fur.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

But there's more, and this is why novels are long: - not too long, not too short, but of a certain length-- of a certain magnitude, as Aristotle puts it.

但是当然还有很多别的东西，要不这本书也不会那么长：,不是太长，但也不短，刚刚好能说明清楚问题的长度-,亚里士多德这么评价。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

The results suggested that people do act differently if they think they are working with a group for a short period of time instead of a long period.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

The topic for this week is cell communication: how mechanisms that cells within a complex organism use to communicate with each other at short distances or long distances.

本周的主题是细胞通讯,即在一个复杂机体中的细胞,采用何种交流机制,在或长或短的距离中相互联系

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

The $10-billion U.S.missile defense program involves a combination of systems designed to detect and intercept missiles coming from short,medium and long distances.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

So, part of the whole process is the elimination of these these municipal privileges and replacing municipal officials, to make a long story short, with people that they have appointed.

他们采取的一个办法,就是取消那些地方政府的特权,更换本土官员,简而言之,就是以近臣取而代之

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Simmons say Havana has long relied on short wave radio to send encoded messages using a system that converts letters into numbers.

VOA: standard.2009.06.06

The other weapon was a short sword that he kept at his side, which presumably he would not use so long as he had a spear, which was a better weapon.

另外一把武器是别在腰间的一柄短剑,当有矛在手时,可能就不会用到它,因为矛的杀伤力要比它强

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"I think,structurally this is a long-term positive with some short-term pain,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.02

But long story short, if I want to use a function called sleep, -- the reason I, the programmer, knew to use that library -- -- that header at the top -- because it told me to in this little synopsis.

但长话短说，如果我想要用一个叫做sleep的功能，我作为程序员知道使用那个函数库-,上面的标题-,因为在这个小的大纲中它告诉我。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Stocks have paid 4% more a year over this incredibly long time period than short-term bonds.

股票在相当长的一段时间里,每年都比短期债券投资收益率,高出4个百分点。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选