Short bars represent short periods of time; long bars represent long periods of time.

短柱子代表用时短，长柱子代表耗时长。

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Based on the test results, the calculation formulas of the width in cistern structure are proposed, and the detailing requirements of short bars are advanced in order to control the crack width.

以试验结果为基础，提出了水池结构中裂缝宽度的计算公式及控制裂缝宽度的短钢筋的构造要求。

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When it gets infected with earworms, rather than review our plans for the day, or lists of things to remember, the inner ear gets stuck on a few short bars of music or a couple of phrases from a song.

当人类内耳被耳朵虫感染的时候，它将不再重新反思一天的计划或者需要记忆的清单中的事物，而是被一个个短的音乐片段或者是一首歌里面的同一句歌词阻碍，下入了一遍又一遍的重复回环之中。

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But the charge that they are a few chocolate bars short of a fruit cake is because some of them see dealing with the debt as more pressing than borrowing enough money to continue governing.

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If there's one thing Ferguson can rely on, it's that criminals are never in short supply and there aren't enough bars to put them behind.

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The FAA already has ordered immediate cockpit security improvements, and the administration's proposal envisions additional short-term steps, such as security bars and other access barriers, during the phase-in period for the fortified doors.

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