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。

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But there seems to be as much, if not maybe a bit more work in terms of part-time and short-term jobs.

但是就兼职和短期工而言，工作似乎没变少，可能还更多了。

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Definition is important to us, and we're certainly not going to give it short shrift in this course.

定义对我们很重要，在这门课中当然不会一笔带过。

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The loan-to-value ratio--well it's not so much the loan--the maturity was short and the balloon payment at the end that they changed.

贷款价值比率,不,就是期限太短了,期末大额偿还也是罪魁祸首

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So the environment has changed in a short time but evolution has not and there's a real mismatch now, which explains why you probably like Haagen-Dazs better than you like cauliflower.

所以食品环境在短时间内就能改变,但是进化不能 于是就有了错位,这也就能解释为什么哈根达斯,比菜花更受欢迎

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But if that broke, if that wasn't available to him, he could turn to his short sword, which was a thrusting sword, not like the Roman short sword which was double edged and slashing.

但是如果矛断了,他就不能使用矛了,那么他就得使用短剑了,这种短剑也是用来刺的,不像罗马士兵的双刃剑那样用砍的

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