If you clarify the options available to people who want to, say, quit smoking, in the short term that may have an effect.

如果你对想要戒烟的人澄清他们拥有的可选方法，那么在短期内可能会有效果。

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Higher rice production in 2008 could reduce the pressure, but short-term volatility will probably continue, given the very limited supplies available from stocks.

2008年稻米产量的提高可以减缓压力，但鉴于库存供应非常有限，短期的波动将会继续下去。

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He said they should only be available with a prescription and for short-term use.

迈克洛夫教授指出，漱口水应需处方才能购买，而且建议只能短期使用。

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By extending your time horizon to three years, or four years,or five years, it opens up a whole host of investment opportunities that aren't available to people that are playing this silly,short-term game.

只有通过将投资延长至三年,四年乃至五年,才会出现大量的获利机会,沉迷于愚蠢的短线操作,是无法得到这些机会的

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Still, there was a modus vivendi available for the short term.

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But as long as such high returns are available on short-term government paper, even a tax break may not make longer-term, riskier investments look sufficiently appetising.

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