With luck, this will be short-lived.

幸运的话，这种情况将是短暂的。

youdao

Otherwise, I will be short 6 credits.

否则，我会少6个学分。

youdao

This is a shock task. It'll be no good to be short of hands.

这是一项突击任务，人少了不济事。

《新英汉大辞典》

Alex can be short for Alexander or the female version,Alexandra.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

We'll be playing a lot of pop music in here but they will generally be short clips of pop music.

我们在这里会放许多 流行音乐,但是通常只放这些流行音乐的小片段

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Something might be short at one point and become tall at another point, ugly at one point and become beautiful-- like the ugly duckling.

一个事物可能在某一时刻很矮,然后在另一时刻又会变高,某一时刻很丑,然后变得很美,就像丑小鸭一样

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Simple exclusion of the opinion of front line people has long been proven to be short-sighted.

FORBES: Business Aviators - Is that all they are, or should be?

The company knew the crop would be short but was surprised by how much.

WSJ: Spring Is No Bowl of Cherries for Michigan Growers

"The spy scandal around the American diplomat will be short-lived in my view, " the post read.

WSJ: Russia Expels U.S. Diplomat