Short skirts tend to ride up when you sit down.

坐下来的时候，短裙就会往上收。

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Toad jumped, rolled down a short embankment, picked himself up unhurt, scrambled into the wood and hid.

托德纵身一跳，滚下一段短短的路基，毫发无损地爬了起来，爬进树林，藏了起来。

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It is required by law to shut down banks which it regards as chronically short of capital.

法律规定要关闭资金长期短缺的银行。

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When Typhoon Ketsana hit Manila this year, the crowded city's planners were stunned at the amount of rain that poured down in a short time.

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If the Fed wants to push the Federal Funds Rate up and down it goes and buys short-term government bonds.

如果联邦希望推动,联邦资金利率上升下降,它将会去买短期的政府债券。

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Movement down a concentration gradient occurs fairly rapidly over short distances like a micron or so, like the size of a bacterium.

顺浓度梯度扩散在一微米左右的短距离内,相当迅速,一微米相当于一个细菌的大小

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C. football team practice, a short walk down the hill from their office.

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Entering from the road, a short hike down a windy path flanked by wild grasses is required to reach the simple changing hut.

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They dive out of the way, and he (the younger brother) drives over his brother and drags him a short distance down the street.

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