We need to set our sights not lower, but shorter.

我们不应将我们的视野降低，而需要把它放短一些。

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They also may have long legs, but shorter torsos.

他们也可能有长长的腿，但较短的躯干。

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For some women to accept. But shorter females earn less than their loftier colleagues, a study claims.

对有些女性来说可能难以接受，但一项研究声称，个子较矮的女性比她们个子较高的女同事挣钱要少。

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Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic radiation similar to, but shorter than,radio waves.

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All right so I probably should have chosen a shorter number 71 because now I can't figure it in here, but let's call it 71.

好的，我可能应该选择一个更短的数字,因为我不能指出它，我把它叫做。

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but people are shorter-tempered, but just seem more irritable

但是人们脾气更暴躁，更容易发怒。

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But shorter terms for software patents would at least be a step in the right direction.

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But shorter term, at least looking back more than a decade, it certainly has existed.

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"We know it will be longer than one week, but shorter than one year, " Dr. Hazen said.

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