Only a short campaign took place in Puerto Rico, but after the war Spain ceded the island to America.

波多黎各岛仅经历了一场短暂的战斗，但大战后西班牙把该岛割让给了美国。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

This short novel is the story of a war between two factions that stand in for different segments of Japanese society.

这一短篇小说讲述了一个发生在两个分别代表日本社会一部分的派系之间的冲突。

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The attention being paid to Iran, at Columbia and in Washington, is increasing pressure to do something about its fishy nuclear programme-though something short of war.

伊朗于哥伦比亚大学和华盛顿所受瞩目，迫使对其核猫腻有所行动的压力越来越大了——尽管还不会是战争。

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In a short time, the North and South would be at war.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

In short, he said winning the war in Afghanistan depends on civilian support.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

In the short term, though, the war will mean even more problems.

ECONOMIST: Tajikistan

The hope in Berlin was for a short, sharp war between the two, while Germany kept the other powers at bay.

ECONOMIST: 20th-century history

In short, the question of international involvement in the post-war settlement is open, at best.

ECONOMIST: American diplomacy