The only flaw in his character seems to be a short temper.

他性格中唯一的缺点似乎就是脾气急躁。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

It can be useful to write a short summary of your argument first.

先把你的论点纲要写下来可能会有帮助。

《牛津词典》

All candidates will be required to take a short test.

所有候选者都要参加一个小测验。

《牛津词典》

And this may be cool enough to keep foods fresh, at least for a short time.

VOA: special.2009.11.30

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

There's a Midterm. That will be a short answer test that's intended to give you a chance to show how diligently you've been reading and coming to class.

我们会有一个期中考，会有一张简答问卷,目的是能够让你们表现出,你们的勤劳，用功阅读和按时上课。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Hedge-fund promoters promise to be leveraged, to be hedged, to be "market neutral, " to be short, to be long.

FORBES: Clipped Hedges

Hedge fund promoters promise to be leveraged, to be hedged, to be "market neutral, " to be short, to be long.

FORBES

These leads will have to be sufficiently short to transmit very high frequency signals, which tend to radiate away as microwaves if the lead is too long (by 2015, chips will work high in the gigahertz band).

ECONOMIST: MONITOR