After graduating I worked as assistant editor in Middle East International, where my duties consisted chiefly of reading proof and rewriting, as well as composing lengthy articles and short item.

毕业后在《中东国际》杂志担任副编辑工作，主要任务是负责校对、改写以及撰写长篇、短篇文章。

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As a news item it merits a short paragraph at most.

作为一则新闻，它至多只能占一小段。

《牛津词典》

Simple, short-lived, request-response services like Credit Card Authorization, Calculate Tax, Get Item, Find Book, Check Stock, and so on, dominate the landscape.

诸如“信用卡授权”、“税款计算”、“获取项目”、“查找图书”、“检查股票”等简单的短时间请求-响应服务占据支配地位。

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In a pawn transaction, the customer gets a short-term loan of about fifty to seventy-five percent of the value of an item.

VOA: special.2011.04.18

Her item was a short one, but it was noticed by several newspapers.

ECONOMIST: Rosemary Brown

It's a short message informing her that the item she is about to purchase contains compounds that are linked to the decimation of coral reefs.

FORBES

If the customer exceeds a predetermined rate of transactions, purchases an expensive item, or if Bling Nation notices a lot of geographic variability over a short period of time, when a consumer taps a BlingTag, she could be asked to supply a PIN.

FORBES: Mobile payment is finally here (maybe)