Some, it is true, like "Long”, "Short" or "Little”, are simple.

有些词，比如“长”、“短”或“小”，确实很简单。

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There are two versions of the game, a long one and a short one.

这游戏有两个版本，一长一短。

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My fringe was cut short, but the rest of my hair was long.

我的刘海剪得短,但其余的头发长。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

But he agrees that in recent years, many companies have tied pay to short-term performance, instead of their long-term health.

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It consists of a promise to pay, usually denominated in currency, and there are both long-term and short-term debt instruments.

是一种付款承诺,通常是货币支付形式,有长期债券,以及短期债券

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

So what banks offer is liquidity -the ability to borrow short even though the loans that are made are long-term.

而银行就提供了流动性,即接受短期存款,但可以发放长期贷款的能力

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

We have to deal with our long-term -- with our short-term deficits and our long-term debt.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

So we have stock long-short, commodity long-short, managed futures, currency long-short, real estate hedge, and a global bond hedge.

FORBES: Using Alternatives to Ease Volatility

Hard-to-sell long-term securities had been bought with short-lived debt, which left borrowers vulnerable to a change in sentiment every time the debt fell due.

ECONOMIST: Risk and the new financial order