Set a deadline for each goal - both short and long term. By what date do you want to have completed your goals?

为每一个目标设定期限，不论是短期还是长期目标。就是说，你希望在哪天完成你的目标？

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Old rules of thumb which said that countries should keep enough reserves to cover only short-term foreign debt now look hopelessly out of date.

过去粗浅的经验——国家应该维持足够的外汇储备来应付仅仅是短期的外债——现在看来绝望又过时。

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I accepted, suppressing my sadness, knowing I would be leaving in two short weeks and the date would probably never happen.

我强忍着悲痛接受了，因为我知道两个星期后我将离开，这可能是永远都无法实现的约会。

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Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed;

VOA: special.2010.01.06

Clearnet, the intermediary between MF Global and the ultimate but as yet unknown counterparties to the trades, set the expiration date short to avoid the risk of default by sovereigns.

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One stall sells small fried sole, another eel, its neighbour a ginger and date sweet and short glasses of ginger tisane.

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Trials to date have been too short or too small to shed much light.

ECONOMIST: In defence of the demon seed